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/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]
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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 — (De Calisaya, nombre de una colina de Bolivia, donde se halló por primera vez). adj. Se dice de una especie de quina muy estimada, llamada también quina amarilla. U. t. c. s.) … Diccionario de la lengua española
Calisaya — Calisaya, s. Chinarinden und Cinchona … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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
