The name cinchona is derived from that of the wife of a viceroy of Peru, who is said to have taken the drug from South America to Europe in. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
It has been employed as a substitute for cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Cooper and I are now partners in the cinchona business. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Seems that I know as much as you about how to use cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
In the mean time the importance of the cinchona is paramount. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The cinchona plantations are going through even worse phases. From Wordnik.com. [The Question(s) of Gorkhaland by Barun Roy] Reference
Struan opened the small bag and took out some of the cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
The imports of cinchona bark to this country are from 225,000 to. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
But it is half-past five, and I must go and take my cinchona bark. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Holland the oil of Cloves is prescribed with cinchona bark for ague. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Quinine comes from the bark of the cinchona tree (and its relatives). From Wordnik.com. [Italian Sodas? Tutto Bene!] Reference
The great progress made in the acclimation of cinchona trees in India. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
These were the well-known commercial names of two species of cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
Gordon Chen had written that he still had hopes of finding the cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Quinine made from the bark of the cinchona tree is perhaps the most important. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Ecuador were acquainted with the virtues of the cinchona plant as a febrifuge. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
Tonic aficionados lament the lack of cinchona bark bite in Schweppes and Canada Dry. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Sodas? Tutto Bene!] Reference
If we go now to the cinchona alkaloids, we meet with exceedingly interesting results. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
“There is no price on a handful of the cinchona that saved the life of one girl.”. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Obediently she swallowed the cinchona and let herself slide back into semiconsciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Leading the way was the Fever-Tree brand, which takes its name from a cinchona nickname. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Sodas? Tutto Bene!] Reference
By the time our ships are back, doctors throughout the world will be screaming for cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
It threw a new light upon the geographical locality of the most precious species of cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
Years ago an enterprising Dutch botanist brought to Java some cinchona trees from South America. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
But the cinchona tree once glowing abundantly, quinine would of course become infinitely cheaper. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The mode adopted by the bark-peelers of obtaining cinchona varies somewhat in different districts. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The land secured, contracts are made with natives of the lower class to clear the forest and plant cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
The ruddy bark and scarlet branches of the cinchona groves glow with autumnal brightness amid the evergreen verdure of the. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
Up to this point the vegetation everywhere abounding had not indicated the presence, or even the vicinage, of the cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
Two different species of cinchona were the trophy brought back by Lorenzo, like the olive-leaves in the beak of Noah's dove. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
The first hours of morning were consecrated to a general examination of the stores, especially the precious specimens of cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
Piang had foreseen this difficulty and had supplied himself with a small gourd filled with cocoanut oil, strongly saturated with cinchona. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
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