ニガキ

Meanings

1

Indian quassia; quassia wood; picrasma wood

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the tree Picrasma quassioides or its bitter wood, used in herbal medicine and as a bittering agent.

ニガキは漢かん方ぽう薬やくの原げん料りょうとして使つかわれることがあります。
Quassia wood is sometimes used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
このお茶ちゃにはニガキのエキスが入はいっています。
This tea contains quassia extract.