quassinoid

English

Etymology

From quassin +‎ -oid.

Noun

quassinoid (plural quassinoids)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of several triterpenoids related to quassin
    • 2025 February 2, Joe Bennett & Steve Hely, “Pilot” (18:51 from the start), in Common Side Effects‎[1], season 1, episode 1, spoken by Agent Copano (Joseph Lee Anderson):
      “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.”
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