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单词 peruvian bark
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Peruvian bark


Peruvian bark

n. See cinchona.

Peruvian bark

n (Plants) another name for cinchona2
Thesaurus
Noun1.Peruvian bark - medicinal bark of cinchona treesPeruvian bark - medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidinecinchona, cinchona bark, Jesuit's 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

Peruvian bark


Peruvian bark:

see cinchonacinchona
or chinchona
, name for species of the genus Cinchona, evergreen trees of the madder family native to the Andean highlands from Bolivia to Colombia and also to some mountainous regions of Panama and Costa Rica.
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Peruvian bark


cin·cho·na

(sin-kō'nă), The dried bark of the root and stem of various species of Cinchona, a genus of evergreen trees (family Rubiaceae), native of South America but cultivated in various tropic regions. The cultivated bark contains 7-10% of total alkaloids; about 70% is quinine. Cinchona contains more than 20 alkaloids, of which two pairs of isomers are most important: quinine and quinidine, and cinchonidine and cinchonine. Synonym(s): bark (2) , Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark, quina, quinaquina, quinquina [Cinchona, fr. Countess of Chinch'on]

Peruvian bark

(1) China, see there.
(2) Cinchona, see there; Cinchona species.

Peruvian bark


  • noun

Synonyms for Peruvian bark

noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees

Synonyms

  • cinchona
  • cinchona bark
  • Jesuit's bark

Related Words

  • chinchona
  • cinchona
  • bark
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