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cuprea|ˈkjuːpriːə| [L., fem. of cupreus cupreous a.] Used attrib. in cuprea bark, the coppery-red bark of the S. American tree Remijia pedunculata (and other species), one of the sources of quinine.
[1882Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLI. 66 The singular bark described by Dr. Flückiger as China Cuprea.] 1884Pharm. Jrnl. 23 Aug. 141/1 The alkaloid of cuprea bark. 1889G. S. Boulger Uses of Plants ii. 100 Remijia Purdieana, Willd., and R. pedunculata, Trian., from Colombia, have of late years been imported in enormous quantities as sources of quinine etc., under the name of Cuprea Bark. 1939[see cupreine]. 1970W. Solomon in S. W. Pelletier Chem. Alkaloids xi. 325 It is doubtful in this connection whether Cuprea bark (Remijia pedunculata), which was the sole natural source of cupreine, is now obtainable. |