(n) small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae, Syn. winter's bark family, family Winteraceae

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Winter's bark

(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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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不经一番风霜苦，哪有寒梅吐春芳

[不经一番风霜苦，哪有寒梅吐春芳 / 不經一番風霜苦，哪有寒梅吐春芳, bù jīng yī fān fēng shuāng kǔ, nǎ yǒu hán méi tǔ chūn fāng] No bitterness today, no sweetness tomorrow; Without the winter's cold and wind, where would the sweet spring fragrance come from?

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