Definition of Cinchona

Cin`cho´na
n.1.(Bot.) 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.(Med.) 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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calisaya, Cartagena bark, chinchona, cinchona bark, Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona pubescens, cinchona tree, genus Chinchona, genus Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, tree

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