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

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

Towards the middle of the last century a French chemist, the Count de la Garaye, noticed a crystalline substance deposited from the extract of Peruvian bark, then, as now, used in medicine.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Meldola, Raphael

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 Priestley, Joseph

Peruvian bark, wormwoods, artemisia maritima, artemisia absynthium, worm-seed, artemisia santonicum, chamomile, anthemis nobilis, tansey tanacetum, bogbean, menyanthes trifoliata, centaury, gentiana centaurium, gentian, gentiana lutea, artichoke-leaves, cynara scolymus, hop, humulus lupulus.

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