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Per Abrahamsen writes:
 > From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
 > To: ding@ifi.uio.no
 > Subject: Re: More naming problems
 > Date: 15 Jan 1997 20:45:20 +0100
 > 
 > Karl Anderson <karla@celtech.com> writes:
 > 
 > > larsi@ifi.uio.no (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen) wrote:
 > > 
 > > >I think Quassia Gnus sounds ok...
 > 
 > >>>>> "Quassia" == M-x webster RET Quassia RET wrote:
 > 
 > Quassia> quas.sia \'kwa:sh-*\ n [NL, genus name, fr. Quassi 18th
 > Quassia>   cent. Surinam Negro slave who discovered] the medicinal
 > Quassia>   value of quassia : a drug from the heartwood of various
 > Quassia>   tropical trees of the ailanthus family used esp. as a
 > Quassia>   bitter tonic and remedy for roundworms in children and as
 > Quassia>   an insecticide
 > 
 > Anything that helps us get rid of bugs would be appreciated.

On reading this, I'd like to withdraw Quinoa (although I do love the
look of the word). Long Live Quassia

Whoops... Ailanthus?  Isn't that the tree/weed that grew in Brooklyn?

 > 
 > > Mmf.  Quagga Gnus.
 > 
 > >>>>> "Quagga" == M-x webster RET Quagga RET wrote:
 > 
 > Quagga> quag.ga \'kwag-*, 'kwa:g-\ n [obs. Afrik (now kwagga)] : an
 > Quagga>    extinct wild ass (Equus quagga) of southern Africa related
 > Quagga>    to the zebras
 > 
 > "Extinct wild ass" _does_ have a certain sound to it.