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cinchona

DEFINITIONS OF: cinchona

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n any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

Synonyms:
chinchona
Types:
Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia
Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, calisaya
Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
Cinchona pubescens, cinchona tree
small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine

Synonyms:
Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona bark
Type of:
bark
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
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