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Jesuit's bark

Jesuit's bark noun: synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).

Noun

Jesuit's bark (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).
    Synonyms:
    cinchona

Synonyms of Jesuit's bark

Forms of Jesuit's bark

alternative formJesuits' bark

Origin of Jesuit's bark

After the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introduced it to Europe in 1632.

Questions about Jesuit's bark

What does Jesuit's bark mean?
Jesuit's bark means synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).
What part of speech is Jesuit's bark?
Jesuit's bark is a noun.

Words near Jesuit's bark in the dictionary

  1. Jesu
  2. Jesuate
  3. Jesuates
  4. Jesuism
  5. Jesuit
  6. Jesuit's bark
  7. Jesuited
  8. Jesuitess
  9. Jesuitesses
  10. jesuitic
  11. jesuitical

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