cinchona

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Definitions

Noun

medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine

Noun

any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

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Synonyms

chinchona cinchona bark Jesuit''s bark Peruvian bark

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More General Terms

bark tree

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More Specific Terms

calisaya Cartagena bark Cinchona calisaya Cinchona cordifolia Cinchona lancifolia Cinchona ledgeriana Cinchona officinalis Cinchona pubescens cinchona tree

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