Crossword clues for chinchona
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chinchona
Chinchona \Chin*cho"na\, Chincona \Chin*co"na\ any of several trees of the genus Cinchona. Same as Cinchona.
WordNet
chinchona
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.