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Jesuit's bark
Jes·u·it's bark (jĕzh′o͞o-ĭts, jĕz′o͞o-, -yo͞o-)n. See cinchona. [So called because it was first known to Europeans through Jesuit missions in Peru.]ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Jesuit's bark - medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidinecinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian barkchinchona, cinchona - any of several trees of the genus Cinchonabark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants | EncyclopediaSeePeruvian barkJesuit's bark Related to Jesuit's bark: cinchona bark, Peruvian barkSynonyms for Jesuit's barknoun medicinal bark of cinchona treesSynonyms- cinchona
- cinchona bark
- Peruvian bark
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