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calisaya

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cal⋅i⋅sa⋅ya

  [kal-uh-sey-yuh]
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–noun
the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya.
Origin:
1830–40; < NL, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark
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calisaya

noun
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark 
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