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Webster 1913 Edition


Winter's bark

Win′ter’s barkˊ

.
(Bot.)
The aromatic bark of tree (
Drimys Winteri
syn.
Drymis Winteri
) of the Magnolia family, which is found in
Southern Chile
. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer,
Captain John
Winter
, vice admiral to
sir Francis Drake
, in 1577.