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cinchona
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Definitions ofcinchona
1noun
- 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
- The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
Synonyms: "Jesuit's bark", "Peruvian bark", "cinchona-bark", quinquina
- Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
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