cinchona
/sɪŋˈkəʊnə/IPA: /S IH1 N CH OW1 N AH0/
noun
- 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.
syn:quinquina - 2
The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
- 3
Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
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