Cinchona+bark
11Cinchona — Cin*cho na, n. [So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy.] 1.… …
12Cinchona pubescens — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
13cinchona — [sin kō′nə] n. [ModL: coined by LINNAEUS Carolus after the Countess del Chinchón, wife of a 17th c. Peruvian viceroy, who was treated for fever with the bark] 1. any of a genus (Cinchona) of tropical South American trees of the madder family,… …
14Bark — Bark, also known as periderm, is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants such as trees. It overlays the wood and consists of three layers, the cork or phellem, the phelloderm and the cork cambium or phellogen. Products used by… …
15bark´less — bark 1 «bahrk», noun, verb. –noun. 1. the tough, outside covering of the trunk, branches, and roots of trees and shrubs. 2. = tanbark (def. 1). (Cf. ↑tanbark) 3. cinchona; Peruvian bark. –transitive verb …
16bark — bark1 [bärk] n. [ME < ON bǫrkr, akin to MLowG borke] 1. the outside covering of the stems and roots of trees and woody plants 2. some kinds of this matter used in tanning, dyeing, etc. 3. CINCHONA vt. 1. to treat with a bark infusion, as in… …
17Cinchōna — L. (Chinarindenbaum, Fieberrindenbaum), Gattung der Rubiazeen, benannt nach der Gräfin von Chinchon, Gemahlin des Vizekönigs von Peru (s. unten), höchst elegante, kahle oder filzig behaarte Bäume oder Sträucher mit gegenständigen, elliptischen… …
18CINCHONA CALISAYA WEDD. - ХИННОЕ Д. НАСТОЯЩЕЕ — см. 885. Дерево. С. calisaya Wedd. X. д. настоящее in Ann. Sc. nat. 3 ser. 10 (1848) 6. S y n. C. c. vera Wedd.; C. weddelliana O. Ktze. (non Miq.). М е с т н. н а з в. Англ. yellowbark chinchona, calisaya bark; Латин. Амер. cascarilla calisaya.… …
19cinchona — ► NOUN ▪ a medicinal drug obtained from the bark of a South American tree, containing quinine and related compounds. ORIGIN named after the Countess of Chinchón (died 1641), who brought the drug to Spain …
20cinchona — cinchonic /sin kon ik/, adj. /sing koh neuh, sin /, n. 1. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, esp. C. calisaya, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for its bark, which yields quinine …
