| 单词 | fever bark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfever bark fever bark n. now historical (originally) cinchona bark (also called Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark); (in later use also) any of several other kinds of bark used for the treatment of fevers; (occasionally also) a tree providing such a bark (cf. fever tree n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] > plant-derived ague tree1597 diaprune1625 fever bark1658 Peruvian bark1663 quinquina1681 quinaquina1708 Angostura bark1789 Angostura1794 cinchona1800 cinchona-bark1811 quinia1823 quinine1824 cinchonine1825 quina1825 quinina1825 cinchonia1831 fever grass1875 quinetum1875 parsley camphor1879 parthenin1885 parthenicine1888 artemisinin1979 the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > bark > type of fever bark1658 scale-bark1884 stone-bark1884 1658 Mercurius Politicus 9–16 Dec. 77 (advt.) The Feaver Bark, commonly called The Jesuites Powder, which is so famous for the cure of all manner of Agues, brought over by James Thompson, Merchant of Antwerp. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 205 A kind of fever bark is obtained..from Rondeletia febrifuga. 1891 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 7 May 870/1 We have several of these [sc. bitter barks], such as Alstonia, Tabernæmontana, Petalostigma, Chionanthus, &c. which usually go under such names as Quinine, or Fever Barks. 1920 H. G. Greenish Text-bk. Materia Med. (ed. 3) vii. 268 The latter bark [sc. that of Alstonia constricta] is also known as Australian fever bark. 1973 Frederick (Maryland) Post 1 Sept. a1/3 This insect has been reported also on pinckneya or fever-bark. 2002 A. Beard tr. M. Hesse Alkaloids xi. 366 It appears that earliest knowledge of fever bark was confined to the region of Loja, the southernmost province of Ecuador. < as lemmas |
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