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Chincona

Chinchona \Chin*cho"na\, Chincona \Chin*co"na\ any of several trees of the genus Cinchona. Same as Cinchona.

Usage examples of "chincona".

In 1943, Iwati's village had helped Australian-American forces build the airstrip near Tifalmin village, giving the Allies an interior foothold and access to the chincona tree whose bark was used to produce quinine, the most effective treatment for malaria.