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jesuit's bark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
je-suit-'s bark
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

Jesuits' bark (alternative)

Synonyms

cinchona cinchona bark peruvian bark

Questions

What does jesuit's bark mean?
Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).
Where does jesuit's bark come from?
After the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introduced it to Europe in 1632.

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