Found 2 items, similar to Cinchona Calisaya.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Cinchona calisaya
Cinchona calisaya
n : Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn:
calisaya,
Cinchona officinalis
,
Cinchona ledgeriana]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cinchona Calisaya
Quinine
\Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or
quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf.
Kinic.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
cinchona (esp.
Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white
crystalline substance,
C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension
(Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate,
chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or
antiperiodic. Called also
quinia,
quinina, etc. [Written
also
chinine.]
[1913 Webster]
Calisaya bark
\Cal`i*sa"ya bark\
A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the
Cinchona Calisaya
, and other closely related species.
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