peruvian : Idioms & Phrases

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Peruvian balsam

  • noun tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam
    Myroxylon balsamum pereirae; Myroxylon pereirae.
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  • . See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam.
Webster 1913

Peruvian bark

  • noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
    Jesuit's bark; cinchona bark; cinchona.
WordNet
  • the bitter bark of trees of various species of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy for malarial diseases. This property is due to several alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their compounds; called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona. See Cinchona.
Webster 1913

peruvian cotton

  • noun cotton with long rough hairy fibers
    Gossypium peruvianum.
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peruvian current

  • noun a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west
    Humboldt current.
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peruvian lily

  • noun an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
    lily of the Incas; Alstroemeria pelegrina.
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peruvian mastic tree

  • noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
    pepper tree; molle; Schinus molle.
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peruvian monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit in Peru
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