Jesuits' bark, Peruvian bark, or the bark of certain species of
Cinchona; -- so called because its medicinal properties were first made
known in Europe by Jesuit missionaries to South America. -- Jesuits'
drops. See Friar's balsam, under Friar. -- Jesuits' nut, the European
water chestnut. -- Jesuits' powder, powdered cinchona bark. -- Jesuits'
tea, a Chilian leguminous shrub, used as a tea and medicinally.
Jes"u*it*ed, a. Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. Milton.
Jes"u*it*ess, n. [Cf. F. Jésuitesse.] (R. C. Hist.) One of an order of
nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by
Pope Urban in 1633.
{ Jes`u*it"ic (?), Jes`u*it"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. jésuitique.]