quassinoid

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noun

Any of several triterpenoids related to quassin

OriginAncient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos ← Proto-Indo-European *wéydos →
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Meanings

nounquassinoid (plural quassinoids)

plural quassinoids

  1. chemistryAny of several triterpenoids related to quassin
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    “Did you not read the file?” “Oh, I read the file. He's an expert on quassinoid extraction. He has three birds named after him in New Guinea. He won the Havlstrom Prize.” “Uh, correction -- He was runner up for the Havlstrom Prize.” “See? That's why we're partners. I knew he was runner up. I was testing you. You passed.”

    2025 February 2, Joe Bennett & Steve Hely, “Pilot” (18:51 from the start), in Common Side Effects, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Agent Copano (Joseph Lee Anderson)

Origin

  1. Englishquassia
  2. Englishquassin
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  6. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  7. Englishquassinoid

From quassin + -oid.

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APA

quassinoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quassinoid

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“quassinoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quassinoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quassinoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quassinoid.

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