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PERU'VIAN, a. Pertaining to Peru, in South America.

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.

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