Cultivated for its medicinal bark

• Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Calisaya (liqueur) is an herbal liqueur produced by infusing cinchona calisaya, and other barks, roots and flowers in grain neutral spirit and seville orange extract. It is a contemporary revision of the classic Italian amaro . It is handcrafted in small ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: Cinchona officinalis , Cinchona ledgeriana , Cinchona calisaya ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A valuable Peruvian bark obtained from the (taxlink Cinchona calisaya species) and closely related species.