| 单词 | red bark tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred bark tree 2. More fully red bark tree. The tree Cinchona pubescens. ΚΠ 1814 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. I. i. ii. 136 The oranged bark-tree (cinchona lancifolia) is much less tender than the red bark-tree (c. oblongifolia). 1861 R. Spruce (title) Report on the expedition to procure seeds and plants of the Cinchona succirubra, or red bark tree. 1861 Med. Times & Gaz. 31 Aug. 222/2 Mr. Spruce was employed to collect seeds of red bark in the forests of Chimborazo. 1935 H. F. MacMillan Trop. Planting & Gardening (ed. 4) xxvi. 357 C. succirubra (Red Bark), a tree 40-50 ft. high or more, with large, broad leaves. 1998 Novon 8 159/2 In 1859, Spruce was commissioned..to procure seeds and plants of the ‘Red bark tree’ for use as anti-malarials in the tropical colonies, most notably India. 2002 C. Elliott Potting-shed Papers 144 Huge cinchona plantations—in Ceylon, in Sikkim, in a number of locations in India proper—had..been established, mainly stocked with red bark trees. < as lemmas |
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