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| has gloss | (noun) medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine Peruvian bark, cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, cinchona |
| has gloss | eng: Jesuits Bark, also called Peruvian Bark, is the historical name of the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria. It is so named because it was obtained from the bark of several species of the genus Cinchona, of the order Rubiaceae, that have been discovered at different times and are indigenous in the Western Andes of South America and were first described and introduced by Jesuit priests who did missionary work in Peru. Other terms referring to this preparation and its source were "Jesuits Tree", "Jesuit's Powder" and "Pulvis Patrum". |
| lexicalization | eng: cinchona bark |
| lexicalization | eng: cinchona |
| lexicalization | eng: Jesuit's bark |
| lexicalization | eng: Jesuits bark |
| lexicalization | eng: Peruvian Bark |
| subclass of | (noun) tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants bark |
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| Bengali | |
| lexicalization | ben: সিঙ্কোনা |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Chinarinde |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: kinkono |
| lexicalization | epo: kino1 |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: L’herbe des jésuites (ou l’herbe jésuite) est le nom populaire que l’on donnait au XVIe siècle et jusque récemment à la ‘quinquina’ (la kina-kina en quechua, langue du Pérou). De l’écorce de la quinquina les jésuites tirèrent une substance amère que l’on appela la poudre des jésuites (aujourd’hui : la quinine). |
| lexicalization | fra: Herbe des Jésuites |
| lexicalization | fra: quinquina |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: pohon kina |
| lexicalization | ind: kulit kina |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: cincona |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 기나피 |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: хина |
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| lexicalization | rus: хинная кора |
| lexicalization | rus: хинная корка |
| lexicalization | rus: хинная настойка |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: quino |
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| lexicalization | spa: chinchona |
| lexicalization | spa: corteza de quino |
| lexicalization | spa: quinaquina |
| lexicalization | spa: quina |
| lexicalization | spa: cascarilla |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: kýnakýna |
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| part of | (noun) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona cinchona, chinchona |
| similar | e/Jesuit's bark |
| similar | e/Peruvian bark |
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| media:img | Peru offers a branch of cinchona to Science (17th century engraving).jpg |
| media:img | Sebastiano Bado book.jpg |
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