Cartagena bark

Cartagena bark
noun
Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Cinchona, ↑genus Chinchona

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: from Cartagena, seaport in Colombia
: a cinchona bark derived from a Colombian tree (Cinchona lancifolia)

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