Peruvian bark

noun

1. cinchona ( def 2 ).

Peruvian bark

noun

1. another name for cinchona

Word History and Origins

Origin of Peruvian bark¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.

From Scientific American

The family doctor, David Hosack, employed an unorthodox treatment of hot baths of Peruvian bark and alcohol and saved the boy's life.

From Scientific American

“They promised to send Peruvian bark. It may save her yet.”

From Literature

The forest seems to be made up of palms of every variety—the cocoanut palm, the sago palm, and the sugar palm, with which are mingled the bread-fruit tree, and the nutmeg, and the banana; and not least of all, the cinchona, lately imported from South American forests, which yields the famous Peruvian bark.

From Project Gutenberg

Milk, the whites of eggs, strong tea, or tincture of Peruvian bark, should be given.

From Project Gutenberg