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CALISAYA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
Synonyms:
calisaya; Cinchona calisaya; Cinchona ledgeriana; Cinchona officinalis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calisaya" is a kind of...):
chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)
Holonyms ("calisaya" is a member of...):
genus Chinchona; genus Cinchona (large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark)