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chinchona

(n): any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
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about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

Wow, a 1638 fever sounds like a high one!
;)

about 1 year ago sionnach said:

the tree bark that yields quinine, named for the countess of Chinchón, wife of viceroy of Peru. Legend has it that when this bark cured her 1638 fever, she had more collected for malaria sufferers.

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