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CINCHONA
cinchona, chinchona
(noun) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark
(noun) medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cinchona (countable and uncountable, plural cinchonas)
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.
Synonym: quinquina
The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
Synonyms: cinchona-bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, quinquina
(medicine) Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Cin*cho"na, n. Etym: [So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: The bark of any species of cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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