quinine bush
noun
1 US either of two bitter shrubs of the family Garryaceae, Garrya fremontii and G. elliptica, extracts of which were formerly used medicinally in place of quinine.
2 Australian = quinine tree.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Bentley (1821–1893), botanist and pharmacognosist.
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