Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
boje . - noun The bark of various species of Cinchona: also applied in Brazil to some other febrifugal barks.
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Examples
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Be especially careful ordering tonic water or agua quina in bars or restaurants.
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Be especially careful ordering tonic water or agua quina in bars or restaurants.
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Multos ibi quina cubita constat longitudine excedere: non expuere: non capitis, aut dentium, aut oculorum vllo dolore affici, rarò aliarum corporis partium: tam moderato Solis vapore durari.
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Multos ibi quina cubita constat longitudine excedere: non expuere: non capitis, aut dentium, aut oculorum vllo dolore affici, rar� aliarum corporis partium: tam moderato Solis vapore durari.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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En el siglo XVII se introduce la quina (Cinchona sp.) a la teraputica del paludismo, siendo este nuestro mximo aporte a la farmacopea universal.
Chapter 9 1991
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(Brazil), incienso, and quina (Argentina) (Chudnoff 1984).
Chapter 43 1990
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Cinchona bark contains two alkaloids, cinchonia and quina, to which its active properties are due; the former is best obtained from gray bark, the latter from yellow bark.
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Also they had the _m-quina_ of El Sordo tied to the saddle that bore the heads.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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Then we left, with the _m-quina_ still speaking over us as we left.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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"I will handle the _m-quina_ myself," Robert Jordan said to him.
For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940
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