Definitions
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- noun A valuable
Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona calisaya and closely relatedspecies .
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- noun Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
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Examples
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This reputation is based on the abundance in that country of two species, the _Cinchona calisaya_ and _Boliviana, _ the best known and most valued in the market.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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Cinchona, the Peruvian bark, and calisaya, its sister, which furnish the quinine of commerce, were well known to them, but they did not know how the white man made it so more efficient than the crude product as used by them.
The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages Roger Thompson Finlay
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He promised, however, to point out the locality from afar, and to show, by a certain changeable gloss proper to the leaf, the precise stratum of the calisaya amongst the belts of the forest.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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The estimate made by Eusebio, however, of the trend or direction of the calisaya groves, induced him to forsake the bed of the Cconi, and strike south-eastwardly, so as to cross the Ollachea and the Ayapata.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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The yellow, among which figure the _Cinchona calisaya, lancifolia, condaminea, micrantha, pubescens, _ etc., are placed in the first rank: the red, orange and gray are less esteemed.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various
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This magnificent bit of luck, the finding of the calisaya, awakened in the susceptible bosom of Mr. Marcoy an ardent desire to explore for himself the site of its discovery.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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The same section, also, produces both coffee and sugar, and to-day the coca shrub is a staple, while calisaya bark is returning into favour.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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[61] More than a score of species of the tree from which this bark is obtained grow in the higher eastern slopes of the Andes, but a very large part is obtained from the tree, _Cinchona calisaya_.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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Don't forget what done it -- calisaya bark with them other herbs mixed -- make a tea of it, and give a cupful every two hours.
Rolling Stones O. Henry 1886
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She gave me a double handful of bark -- calisaya, I think it was -- and some more herbs that I was to mix with it, and told me what to do.
Rolling Stones O. Henry 1886
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