calisaya

English

Cinchona calisaya

Noun

calisaya (countable and uncountable, plural calisayas)

1. A valuable Peruvian bark obtained from Cinchona calisaya and closely related species, from which quinine is prepared.

Further reading

• Cinchona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cinchona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cinchona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “calisaya”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.