資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stavewood \Stave`wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tall tree ({Simaruba amara}) growing in tropical America.
It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
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.