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.]

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Noun

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 bark

Jesuit's bark

Related to Jesuit's bark: cinchona bark, Peruvian bark

noun

Synonyms for Jesuit's bark

noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees

Synonyms

cinchona
cinchona bark
Peruvian bark

Related Words

chinchona
cinchona
bark

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