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
How To Use Cinchona calisaya In A Sentence
- The yellow, among which figure the _Cinchona calisaya, lancifolia, condaminea, micrantha, pubescens, _ etc., are placed in the first rank: the red, orange and gray are less esteemed. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873
- [61] More than a score of species of the tree from which this bark is obtained grow in the higher eastern slopes of the Andes, but a very large part is obtained from the tree, _Cinchona calisaya_. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
- This reputation is based on the abundance in that country of two species, the _Cinchona calisaya_ and _Boliviana, _ the best known and most valued in the market. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873