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simabu
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Simar
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Simarouba
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Simarouba glauca
Simaroubaceae
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Simenchelys parasiticus
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Stavewood Stave`wood`, n. (Bot.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Quassia Quas"si*a, n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy, or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.] The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarube[ae], as Quassia amara, Picr[ae]na excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
