| 单词 | jesuits' or peruvian bark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJesuits' or Peruvian Bark 7. spec. in Medicine (also Jesuits' or Peruvian Bark): The bark of various species of the Cinchona tree, from which quinine is procured, formerly ground into powder and taken as a febrifuge. ΘΚΠ 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 Peruvian bark1663 quinquina1681 Jesuits' Bark1704 quinaquina1708 quinquina1740 cinchona1742 quill bark1742 grey bark1781 red bark1782 bark-tree1783 yellow bark1794 cinchona-bark1811 crown bark1823 Loxa bark1825 Suriname bark1844 Lima bark1855 quinine tree1855 1704 I. Watts Life of Souls When bark and steel play well their game To save our sinking breath. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 344 Your Jesuits Bark had prov'd a Golden bough. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xxi. 2241 That excellent medicine, Peruvian bark. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. viii. 205 I have known a woman preach Jesuits' bark. < as lemmas |
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