Jesuit's bark

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Jesuit's bark

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

noun Jesuits' bark

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

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@misc{jesuit_s_bark_2026,
  title = {Jesuit's bark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jesuit's%20bark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}