pereira bark

American  

[puh-rair-uh] / pəˈrɛər ə /

noun

1. the bark of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Geissospermum, of the dogbane family, especially that of G. vellosii, used in Brazil to allay fever.

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pereira bark British  

/ pəˈrɛərə /

noun

1. the bark of a South American apocynaceous tree, Geissospermum vellosii: source of a substance formerly used for treating malaria

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Etymology

Origin of pereira bark

pereira < New Latin, named after J. Pereira (1804–53), English professor of medicine