Cusparian.
Botany.
A genus of trees, now usually called Galipea, species of which yield the Angustura or Cusparia bark used as a tonic; also = cusparin n. at Derivatives.
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Cusparia1852
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. vi. 213 (note) The Cuspare of Angostura, known in America under the name of Orinoco bark.
1876 W. Begbie Bk. Med. Information App. 251 Cusparia, a useful tonic in convalescence from diarrhœa and dysentery.
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ˈcusparin n. Chemistry a crystalline substance obtained from Angustura bark.
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1824 R. Phillips tr. Pharm. Lond. (1836) 191 It is stated by Saladin that the virtue of Cusparia resides in a peculiar neutral substance which he calls Cusparin.
1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. VIII. 87.
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