jesuit-bark

Jesuit's bark

noun
cinchona ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1685–95; introduced into Europe from the Jesuit missions in South America

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jesuit's bark

noun
medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine [syn: cinchona
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Jesuit-bark is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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