单词 | quinquina tree |
释义 | > as lemmasquinquina tree b. More fully quinquina tree. A cinchona tree (genus Cinchona, family Rubiaceae). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > cinchona tree or bark Peruvian bark1663 quinquina1681 Jesuits' Bark1704 quinaquina1708 quinquina1740 cinchona1742 quill bark1742 grey bark1781 red bark1782 bark-tree1783 yellow bark1794 cinchona-bark1811 crown bark1823 Loxa bark1825 Suriname bark1844 Lima bark1855 quinine tree1855 1740 J. Fransham World in Miniature II. 40 Their most valuable Tree is the Kinquina, or Peruvian Bark, which grows in the province of Quitto. 1747 R. James Pharmacopœia Universalis 349/2 Near the town of Loxa was a Lake surrounded with Quinquina Trees, before the Spaniards settled in that Country. 1794 J. Relph Inq. Med. Efficacy Yellow Bark 23 The red Quinquina trees..the white Quinquina. 1821 A. B. Lambert (title) An illustration of the genus Cinchona: comprising..Baron Humboldt's account of the cinchona forests of South America, and Lambert's memoir of the different species of Quinquina. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 17 The first description of the quinquina-tree is due to that memorable French expedition to South America. 1905 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 15 July 3/5 The treasures which Peru yields..are not to be compared for utility with the bark of the quinquina tree, which they for a long time ignored. < as lemmas |
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