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quassine

quassine is the archaic form of quassin.

Meaning of quassin

Noun

quassin (countable and uncountable, plural quassins)

  1. A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicine

Forms of quassine

pluralquassines

Questions about quassine

What is quassine the archaic form of?
Quassine is the archaic form of quassin.

Words near quassine in the dictionary

  1. quassed
  2. quasses
  3. quassia
  4. quassias
  5. quassin
  6. quassine
  7. quassines
  8. quassing
  9. quassinoid
  10. quassinoids
  11. quassins

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