calisaya

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• calisaya — (de «Calisaya», colina boliviana de donde procede) f. Corteza de cierto árbol rubiáceo americano (Chinchona calisaya) rica en quinina. ≃ Quina, quino. ⊚ Quinina que se obtiene de ella. * * * calisaya. (De Calisaya, nombre de una colina de Bolivia …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Calisaya — Calisaya, eine Art Chinarinde, die in flachen, gewölbten od. gerollten 1/2–1 Zoll breiten Stücken in den Handel kommt; häufig bezeichnet man damit auch die gelbe od. Königs Chinarinde. Ist officinell unter dem Namen Cortex chinae regius s.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Calisaya — Calisaya, s. Chinarinden und Cinchona …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• calisaya — /kal euh say yeuh/, n. the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya. [1830 40; < NL, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark] * * * …   Universalium

• calisaya — n. medicinal bark from the Chinchona Calisaya tree …   English contemporary dictionary

• calisaya — noun Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark • Syn: ↑Cinchona officinalis, ↑Cinchona ledgeriana, ↑Cinchona calisaya • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Calisaya bark — Cal i*sa ya bark A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the {Cinchona Calisaya}, and other closely related species. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• calisaya bark — [kal΄ə sā′ə] n. 〚AmSp < ? Quechua〛 the bark of the yellow cinchona tree (Cinchona calisaya), which yields quinine * * * …   Universalium

• calisaya bark — [kal΄ə sā′ə] n. [AmSp < ? Quechua] the bark of the yellow cinchona tree (Cinchona calisaya), which yields quinine …   English World dictionary

• calisaya bark — |kalə|sīə noun Etymology: Spanish calisaya, perhaps from Calisaya, 17th century Indian who revealed the properties of quinine to the Spaniards : cinchona bark obtained from either of two cinchonas (Cinchona calisaya and C. ledgeriana) or from a… …   Useful english dictionary