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

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Peruvian bark

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

A decoction of Peruvian bark was therefore prescribed, by the use of which she speedily recovered her health.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley

It was first introduced into Europe from Peru, and was then known as Peruvian bark.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou

Absorption from the mucous membrane is increased by opium, and Peruvian bark, internally; and by blue vitriol externally.

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

The principal articles obtained by the traders are sarsaparilla, Peruvian bark, annatto, and other dyes, vanilla, Brazil nuts, Tonka beans, hammocks, palm fibre, and several other kinds of spontaneous vegetable productions.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker

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