Winter's bark

American  

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of Winter's bark

1615–25; named after William Winter, 16th-century English captain

Example Sentences

Drimys winteri.—This plant belongs to the magnolia family and furnishes the aromatic tonic known as Winter's bark.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Tasmannia aromatica.—The bark of this plant possesses aromatic qualities, closely resembling Winter's bark.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Parrots are found as far south as Tierra del Fuego, where Darwin saw them feeding on seeds of the Winter’s bark.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Such an appellation only belongs to two other species of beech and the Winter's bark.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert