Cinchona+bark
131calisaya — /kal euh say yeuh/, n. the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya. [1830 40; < NL, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark] * * * …
132quinine — [kwī′nīn΄; ] chiefly Brit [ kwi nēn′] n. [< quina, cinchona bark (< Sp < Quechua quinina, medicinal plant) + INE3] 1. a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C20H24N2O2, extracted from cinchona bark 2. any compound of this, as quinine sulfate,… …
