# Jesuit's bark

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).

## Etymology
After the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introduced it to Europe in 1632.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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