Calisayas is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 171 anagrams from letters in calisayas (aaacilssy).
1830-40; New Latin, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark
calisaya trees, which are now felled for their bark in South America?
Don't forget what done it—calisaya bark with them other herbs mixed—make a tea of it, and give a cupful every two hours.
Quinine is the most useful of these alkaloids, and this is found in greatest quantities in calisaya bark.
The calisaya trees of Bolivia rank among the best, and their bark forms an important item in her foreign trade.
The more I thought about that temperance drink of calisaya, the less respect I had for the principles of prohibition.
Quina or calisaya is a natural product of the eastern Andes, and is found at an altitude of 3000 to 9000 ft. above sea-level.