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Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
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chinchona
Word definitions for chinchona in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chinchona \Chin*cho"na\, Chincona \Chin*co"na\ any of several trees of the genus Cinchona . Same as Cinchona .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several trees of the genus Cinchona [syn: cinchona ]
Usage examples of chinchona.
There was a preventative and a cure that had been known for hundreds of years though under various names, Peruvian bark, or Chinchona bark, more recently called essence of quinine when manufactured in powder form by the Quaker brothers Luke and John Howard.