Peruvian bark

American  

noun

1. cinchona.

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Peruvian bark British  

noun

1. another name for cinchona

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Etymology

Origin of Peruvian bark

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2018

Their Peruvian bark, quinine, and calomel, immense quantities of which are used without any definite knowledge of their modus operandi, fail in a great majority of cases.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

The settlers, ignorant of the use of Peruvian bark and other remedies, were powerless to resist the progress of the epidemic.

From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

Hence matter is thickened and lessened in ulcers by opium and Peruvian bark; and serum is absorbed in anasarca by the operation of emetics and cathartics.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

One day a Peruvian bark came to anchor in the port.

From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.