quassia
/ˈkwɑʃə/noun
quassia is a noun meaning “Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Q-U-A-S-S-I-A and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of quassia is quassias.
What does quassia mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers.
- 2
The bitter substance quassin extracted from its bark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce quassia?
- UK /ˈkwɒʃ(i)ə/
- UK /ˈkwasi.ə/
- US /ˈkwɑʃə/
Quassia has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of quassia
- quassias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is quassia?
Quassia appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Quassia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any of several tropic trees, of the genus Quassia, having scarlet flowers:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does quassia come from?
From the genus name translingual Quassia, named after Surinamese physician and botanist Graman Quassi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).