cinchona bark.
| 单词 | θ24609 |
| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > cinchona tree or bark (18) Peruvian bark1663 cinchona bark. quinquina1681 Cinchona bark. Also more fully quinquina bark. Now chiefly historical. Jesuits' Bark1704 spec. in Medicine (also Jesuits'or Peruvian Bark): The bark of various species of the Cinchona tree, from which quinine is procured, formerly… quinaquina1708 = quinquina, n. 1. Now rare. quinquina1740 More fully quinquina tree. A cinchona tree (genus Cinchona, family Rubiaceae). Now rare. cinchona1742 A genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with fragrant white or pink panicled flowers, growing in the tropical valleys of the Andes, and now… quill bark1742 cinchona bark in the form of quills as opposed to flat pieces (cf. sense 6). grey bark1781 the (powdered) bark of any of several species of cinchona tree (genus Cinchona), containing the alkaloids quinine and cinchonine and used to treat… red bark1782 A reddish form of cinchona bark used medicinally as a source of quinine, spec. that obtained from Cinchona pubescens (formerly called C. succirubra). bark-tree1783 English name of the Cinchonas. yellow bark1794 any type of cinchona bark that is yellow in colour; spec. (more fully royal yellow bark) that obtained from the tree Cinchona calisaya… cinchona-bark1811 the bark of several species of cinchona, of great medicinal value as a tonic and febrifuge; called also Jesuit's Bark, Peruvian Bark, Quinquina. crown bark1823 medicinal cinchona bark, esp. of a type considered to be of superior quality; (also) any of the trees supplying such bark; cf. cinchona, n. Loxa bark1825 the pale Peruvian bark obtained from the cinchona-tree (C. condaminea). Suriname bark1844 the bark of species of Andira, or that of Cinchona magnifolia, used in medicine. Lima bark1855 Used attributively in the following names of products of Lima: Lima bark n. the bark of certain species of Cinchona; a kind of Peruvian bark. Lima… quinine tree1855 Any of the trees of the genus Cinchona (family Rubiaceae), which yield quinine. See cinchona, n. Subcategories:— piece of bark (1) |
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