Hyphenation of quassia

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word quassia? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

quas-sia

Definitions of quassia:

1.	A bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge Extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma
2.	Handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood Yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark

Synonyms of quassia:

noun	organic compound
noun	bitterwood, Quassia amara, bitterwood tree

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