| 单词 | suriname quassia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSuriname quassia 1. (a) More fully Suriname quassia. The tropical American tree Quassia amara (family Simaroubaceae). Also (in form Quassia): the genus to which this tree belongs, formerly (and sometimes still) including various other tropical trees, several of which yield medicinal or insecticidal substances. (b) More fully Jamaica quassia. The related West Indian tree Picrasma excelsa, of the same family; also called bitter ash. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > [noun] > specific decoction or infusion sabras?c1225 tisanea1398 tamarisk1597 wort1694 sage tea?1706 poppy tea1709 yapon tea1723 herb-tea1744 spring juices1751 balm-tea1752 camomile-tea1753 uva ursi1753 nettle tea1758 bush tea1768 quassia1778 majo bitters1866 Mexican tea1866 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > quassias simarouba1746 mountain damson1778 quassia1778 cedron1882 1778 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. (1790) 2 76 On examining the fructification, I found this tree [sc. simaruba] to be a species of Quassia. 1794 T. Martyn tr. J. J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. (ed. 4) xxxi. 473 But many have five scales: as Parnassia..: at the base of the filaments in Schrebera.., Quassia.., and Melastoma. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §831 Simarubaceæ, the Quassia and Simaruba Family. 1859 All Year Round 3 Dec. 127 Why not..cultivate..quassia, which is such a handsome shrub? 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 673 Quassia bears some resemblance to the common ash, attains a height of 50, 60, or even 100 feet. 1916 E. V. Wilcox Trop. Agric. xiv. 226 The Jamaica quassia..is a handsome tree attaining a height of 100 feet or more and a diameter of 3 feet. 1989 Martindale: Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 29) 1609/1 Quassia, the dried stem-wood of Jamaica Quassia, Picrasma excelsa (Simaroubaceae) or of Surinam Quassia, Quassis amara (Simaroubaceae). 1996 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 83 201 The systematic position of Peganum is discussed in relation to other Zygophyllaceae using a cladistic analysis with Ptelea (Rutaceae) and Quassia (Simaroubaceae) as outgroups. Suriname quassia Suriname quassia n. ΚΠ 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 675 Surinam Quassia Tree is the representative of a genus very closely allied to Picræna. < as lemmas |
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