tellicherry barkn.

Brit.

/ˌtɛlɪˈtʃɛrɪ bɑːk/, U.S.

/ˌtɛləˈtʃɛri ˌbɑrk/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tellicherry , bark n.¹

Etymology: < Tellicherry, former name in English of Thalassery (Malayalam Talaśśēri), a town on the Malabar Coast of Northern Kerala, India + bark n.¹The place name is attested from the late 17th cent. in English contexts.

Now historical and rare.

Bark derived from the tropical Asian tree Holarrhena pubescens (family Apocynaceae), which contains the alkaloid conessine and has been used medicinally in the treatment of dysentery and fever.

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mezereona1500

cortex1680

Jesuits' bark1694

tellicherry bark1734

slippery elm1748

white cinnamon1751

mezereum1754

canella1756

royal bark1794

cinchona1800

rohun bark1820

false Winter's bark1830

calisaya bark1837

mezereon bark1837

Suriname bark1844

carony bark1853

Honduras bark1881

1734 Gen. Acct. Monies & Effects in S. Hales Serm. Trustees Colony Georgia 59 Mr. Richard Martyn. A Box of Tellicherry Bark.

1794 R. Shannon Pract. Observ. Med. 159 In the East Indies, the Tellicherry bark, or what is there called the Cort. de Pala.

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 626 Swietenia Febrifuga, so warmly recommended by Dr. Roxburgh: that of the bead-tea (Melia Azedarach), and the Tellicherry bark.

1868 E. J. Waring et al. Pharmacopœia India 137 Holarrhena antidysenterica, R. Br...—A shrub or small tree, common throughout India, the bark of which..was formerly imported into Europe under the names of Conessi bark, Codaga pala, Corte de Pala, and Tellicherry bark.

1887 Chemist & Druggist 18 June 753/1 This bark, which is the Conessi or Tellicherry bark of materia medica..is of a spongy texture, a dull rusty-brown colour, and possesses a bitter taste.

1936 Georgia Hist. Q. 20 328 At one time he [sc. Robert Millar] sent..two papers of Egyptian Kali or potash seed; one paper of cotton seed;..and one box of tellicherry bark.

2000 A. Dalby Dangerous Tastes 173/1 (note) H. Rackham and A. C. Andrews tentatively identify macir with Tellicherry bark, Holarrhena antidysenterica.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tellicherry bark
释义	tellicherry barkn. Brit. /ˌtɛlɪˈtʃɛrɪ bɑːk/, U.S. /ˌtɛləˈtʃɛri ˌbɑrk/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tellicherry , bark n.¹ Etymology: < Tellicherry, former name in English of Thalassery (Malayalam Talaśśēri), a town on the Malabar Coast of Northern Kerala, India + bark n.¹The place name is attested from the late 17th cent. in English contexts. Now historical and rare. Bark derived from the tropical Asian tree Holarrhena pubescens (family Apocynaceae), which contains the alkaloid conessine and has been used medicinally in the treatment of dysentery and fever. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific barks mezereona1500 cortex1680 Jesuits' bark1694 tellicherry bark1734 slippery elm1748 white cinnamon1751 mezereum1754 canella1756 royal bark1794 cinchona1800 rohun bark1820 false Winter's bark1830 calisaya bark1837 mezereon bark1837 Suriname bark1844 carony bark1853 Honduras bark1881 1734 Gen. Acct. Monies & Effects in S. Hales Serm. Trustees Colony Georgia 59 Mr. Richard Martyn. A Box of Tellicherry Bark. 1794 R. Shannon Pract. Observ. Med. 159 In the East Indies, the Tellicherry bark, or what is there called the Cort. de Pala. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 626 Swietenia Febrifuga, so warmly recommended by Dr. Roxburgh: that of the bead-tea (Melia Azedarach), and the Tellicherry bark. 1868 E. J. Waring et al. Pharmacopœia India 137 Holarrhena antidysenterica, R. Br...—A shrub or small tree, common throughout India, the bark of which..was formerly imported into Europe under the names of Conessi bark, Codaga pala, Corte de Pala, and Tellicherry bark. 1887 Chemist & Druggist 18 June 753/1 This bark, which is the Conessi or Tellicherry bark of materia medica..is of a spongy texture, a dull rusty-brown colour, and possesses a bitter taste. 1936 Georgia Hist. Q. 20 328 At one time he [sc. Robert Millar] sent..two papers of Egyptian Kali or potash seed; one paper of cotton seed;..and one box of tellicherry bark. 2000 A. Dalby Dangerous Tastes 173/1 (note) H. Rackham and A. C. Andrews tentatively identify macir with Tellicherry bark, Holarrhena antidysenterica. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1734
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