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1. (n.) cinchona
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, native to the Andes, esp. C. calisaya, whose bark yields quinine.
2. cinchona
the medicinal bark of such trees or shrubs.
Etymology: (1740–50; < NL, after Francisca Enriques de Ribera, Countess of Chinchón (d. 1641), who was associated in several accounts (now considered spurious) with the introduction of quinine into Europe)
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1. (noun) cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark
medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
2. (noun) cinchona, chinchona
any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
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1. (noun) cinchona
a genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value
2. (noun) cinchona
the bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. cinchona
A genus of rubiaceous South American trees that yields the toxic CINCHONA ALKALOIDS from their bark; QUININE; QUINIDINE; chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias.
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