Jesuit's bark
Synonym of cinchonaSynonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).
Origin
After the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introdAfter the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introduced it to Europe in 1632.
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Synonyms
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