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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
, vice admiral to Winter
sir Francis Drake
, in 1577.