HyperDic: peruvian_bark

English > 1 sense of the expression Peruvian bark:
NOUNplantPeruvian bark, cinchona, cinchona bark, Jesuit's barkmedicinal bark of cinchona trees
English > Peruvian bark: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningmedicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine.
Synonymscinchona, cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark
Part ofcinchona, chinchonaAny of several trees of the genus Cinchona
Broaderbarktough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Spanishcascarilla, quina, quino
Catalanquina

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