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Peruvian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to Peru, in South America.

2. Peruvian bark, the bark of the Cinchona, a tree of Peru; called also Jesuits' bark. The taste is bitter and pungent, and it is used as an astringent and tonic, in cases of debility, and particularly as a febrifuge in intermittents.

Peruvian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America.

Peruvian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A native or an inhabitant of Peru.

Peruvian bark Encyclopedia Britannica

PERUVIAN BARK. See Cinchona and Quinine.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 18, p. 682
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