JESUIT'S BARK
Dictionary entry overview: What does Jesuit's bark mean? • JESUIT'S BARK (noun)
The noun JESUIT'S BARK has 1 sense:
1. medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Familiarity information: JESUIT'S BARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JESUIT'S BARK (noun)
Meaning:
Medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cinchona; cinchona bark; Jesuit's bark; Peruvian bark
Hypernyms ("Jesuit's bark" is a kind of...):
bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)
Holonyms ("Jesuit's bark" is a part of...):
chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)
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