Cusco-bark

Cusco-bark
Cusco-bark
Also Cuzco-.
A kind of cinchona bark, obtained from Cuzco in Lower Peru. Also called Cusco-china.
Hence Cusco-cinchonine, ˈCusconine, Cuˈsconidine, alkaloids obtained from Cusco-bark.
Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. I. 495–7.

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