quinine
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Certain toxic compounds, like quinine, taste "bitter" to bees, so the researchers sought to find out whether this sense of taste could help them avoid drinking pesticides.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023
Carbonated water failed to do that but it did inspire the creation of medicated water, or tonic water infused with quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2023
The quinine in tonic works just as well as the prescription used to.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
“The lime for scurvy, the fizzy water for anemia and other conditions, the quinine for malaria and the gin as a diuretic.”
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022
Despite Kermit’s painfully sore arms from the quinine injections, he took over paddling one of the canoes because most of the camaradas were too sick to work.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Vocabulary lists containing quinine
2015 Spelling Bee - Words from Round 2
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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English Words Derived from Quechua
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