cu|pre|a bark

cu|pre|a bark
cu|pre|a bark «KYOO pree uh»,
the coppery-red bark of a South American tree and certain related trees, one of the sources of quinine.
[< Latin cuprea, feminine of cupreus; see etym. under cupreous (Cf.cupreous)]

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