Cinchona Common

Cinchona has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine

cinchona cinchona bark Peruvian bark Jesuit's bark

any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

cinchona chinchona

A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.

See Also

useful quinovin cinchonamine cultivate plant since quinetum as well

Related Terms

useful quinovin cinchonamine cultivate plant since quinetum as well particularly quinine indonesia medicine alkaloid south america quinovic acid cinchonic fever prepare quinoidine shrub

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

bark tree

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

Cartagena bark calisaya cinchona tree

Rhyming Words

ona bona zona yona tona dona sona gona rona oona nona mona lona kona iona ozona suona usona trona krona

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