cinchona
A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since…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.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Chinarindenbaum
(countable, uncountable)The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
Chinarinde
хи́наxína, хи́нная ко́ркаxínnaja kórka, хи́нная кора́xínnaja korá
(countable, uncountable)Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
- any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
- medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de OsorioFrom New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de Osorio, 4th Countess of Chinchón (1599–1625), the wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, who was allegedly cured of a fever by the bark.
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Forms
plural: cinchonasSynonyms
7 synonyms- any of several trees of the genus Cinchona:chinchona
- medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine:cinchona barkPeruvian barkJesuit-ap-s bark
Word family
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