cinchona

• Piang had foreseen this difficulty and had supplied himself with a small gourd filled with cocoanut oil, strongly saturated with cinchona (quinine). —  The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old
• May I also remind you here that Peru is the home of the Peruvian bark tree (cinchona) and the equally valuable coca plant, which gives us cocaine. —  Ranching, Sport and Travel
• [265-2] They were of different name and standing, and though held in less estimation, such valuable additions to the pharmacopœia as guaiacum, cinchona, and ipecacuanha, were learned from them. —  The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
• In translating a materia medica he was very much struck with the article on cinchona, where it seemed to state that taken continuously in large doses it would produce all the indications of ague. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
• In the mean time the importance of the cinchona is paramount The cinchona tree, like the pimento, deteriorates under cultivation and in moist, warm, rich valleys the bark becomes inert. —  The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise ; Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, ;c.; of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, ;c;.

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