CALISAYA BARK


Meaning of CALISAYA BARK in English

|kalə|sīə- noun

Etymology: Spanish calisaya, perhaps from Calisaya, 17th century Indian who revealed the properties of quinine to the Spaniards

: cinchona bark obtained from either of two cinchonas ( Cinchona calisaya and C. ledgeriana ) or from a hybrid of either of these with other cinchonas — called also yellow cinchona

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