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Meaning of cinchona bark

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cinchona

Pronunciation:/sɪŋˈkəʊnə//sɪŋˈkoʊnə/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

    Synonyms:quinquina

  2. The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.

    Synonyms:Jesuit's barkPeruvian barkcinchona-barkquinquina

  3. Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cinchona

Related words

peruvian barkcassia barkcinchonidinechinchonacinnamon barkquininechloroquinecolchicine