Found 3 hits - Term: cinchona calisaya, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quinine \qui"nine\, n. f. cf. sp. quinina, fr. sp. quina, or
quinaquina, peruvian bark, fr. peruv. kina, quina, bark. cf.
kinic. chem.
an alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
cinchona esp. cinchona calisaya as a bitter white
crystalline substance, c20h24n2o2. hence, by extension
med., any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate,
chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or
antiperiodic. called also quinia, quinina, etc. written
also chinine.
1913 webster
see also:
kinic cinchona calisaya c20h24n2o2 quinia quinina chinine
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
calisaya bark \cal`isa"ya bark\
a valuable kind of peruvian bark obtained from the cinchona
calisaya, and other closely related species.
1913 webster
see also:
cinchona calisaya
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cinchona calisaya
n : peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark syn: calisaya, cinchona
officinalis, cinchona ledgeriana
see also:
calisaya cinchona officinalis cinchona ledgeriana
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