calisaya

English

Cinchona calisaya

Noun

calisaya (countable and uncountable, plural calisayas)

A valuable Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona calisaya and closely related species, from which quinine is prepared.

Further reading

Cinchona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cinchona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cinchona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
calisaya at OneLook Dictionary Search

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