quassinoid
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Etymology
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quassinoid (plural quassinoids)
- (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, 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.”