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

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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

But even that is not necessary, for we have in the willow, the dogwood, and the apple tree, three American barks, which might well replace Peruvian bark by their fluid extracts and alkaloids.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Jesuits', Peruvian bark, the bark of the cinchona, from which quinine is made.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

If this should not succeed, mix a quarter of an ounce each of finely powdered Peruvian bark, grains of paradise, and long pepper, in a quarter of a pound of treacle.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

In general, under such circumstances, the Peruvian bark, either alone or combined with serpentaria, was administered in preference to any other remedy of the same class.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin