əˈseɪ noun
the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya.
Origin:
1830–40; < Neo-Latin, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark
1830–40; < Neo-Latin, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark
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| —n | |
| calisaya bark, yellowbark, Also called: cinchona the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted | |
| [C19: from Spanish, from the name of a Bolivian Indian who taught the uses of quinine to the Spanish] | |
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