Cartagena bark
- noun
- Archaic
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corteza de cartagena
- Quinine was once commonly extracted from Cartagena bark to treat malaria.
Examples
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The export of Cartagena bark played a significant role in Colombia's colonial economy.
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He researched the medicinal properties of Cartagena bark for his thesis on tropical diseases.
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The Cartagena bark was once a vital source of quinine.
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Many people are unfamiliar with Cartagena bark.
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Quinine was once commonly extracted from Cartagena bark to treat malaria.
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He researched the medicinal properties of Cartagena bark for his thesis on tropical diseases.
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The export of Cartagena bark played a significant role in Colombia's colonial economy.
Synonyms
Dried bark from a tree used to make medicine for malaria
The bark of South American trees that people use to make medicine for malaria
Dried bark from a South American tree that contains quinine used to treat malaria
Bark from a tree used to make medicine for malaria
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward place + noun combination: a B1 learner who knows 'Cartagena' (a city) and 'bark' (tree outer covering) will readily interpret this as bark coming from Cartagena. Although the specific botanical/medicinal association with cinchona and quinine is specialized and not derivable from the words, the basic compositional meaning is transparent.
Etymology
Cartagena bark may come from the port of Cartagena in Colombia, where this tree bark was packed and sent to Europe. It is the bark of the cinchona tree, used to make quinine, a 'medicine' for malaria, so the name came to mean that specific medicinal tree bark.
