Cinchona:金鸡纳,金鸡纳树,金鸡菊,金鸡独立, 例句 - 英英词典, 干净又全面的英英查词

n. 名词 noun

any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, especially C. calisaya, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for its bark, which yields quinine and other alkaloids.
Also called Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark. the medicinal bark of such trees or shrubs.

There was one practical problem: ground cinchona bark tasted awful—way too bitter for the gentle European palate.
The red and yellow cinchona barks are scarcely ever used for making extracts.
The first who wrote upon the therapy of cinchona was Barba, a Spanish physician, whose work was printed in Seville in 1642.
Coffee, tea, cinchona and sugar were tried in turn, with limited success.
The present arrangement shall also apply to cinchona bark and salts of quinine.
The account of the Dutch cinchona-plantations, which now furnish quinine of the best quality, is full of interest.