Peruvian bark

noun

cinchona(def 2).

Origin of Peruvian bark

First recorded in 1655–65

Example sentences from the Web for peruvian bark

  • Now it is a fortunate circumstance that the Peruvian-bark trees differ from all others in the colour of their leaves.

    The Forest Exiles |Mayne Reid

  • Of the Peruvian-bark trees there are many species,—between twenty and thirty.

    The Forest Exiles |Mayne Reid

  • Inoculation, for instance, has saved more lives than war destroys: and the cures performed by the Peruvian-bark are innumerable.

    Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) |Boswell

British Dictionary definitions for peruvian bark

Peruvian bark

noun

another name for cinchona (def. 2)