Cinchona
21cinchona — n. the dried bark of Cinchona trees, formerly used in medicine to stimulate the appetite and to prevent haemorrhage and diarrhoea. Taken over prolonged periods, it may cause cinchonism. Cinchona is the source of quinine …
22cinchona — n. S American tree with bark yielding quinine; Peruvian bark. ♦ cinchonic, a. ♦ cinchonine, n. quinine like alkaloid extracted from cinchona bark. ♦ cinchonism n. condition due to over use of quinine and other extracts of cinchona… …
23cinchona — n. 1 a any evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to S. America, with fragrant flowers and yielding cinchona bark. b the bark of this tree, containing quinine. 2 any drug from this bark formerly used as a tonic and to stimulate the …
24cinchona — noun /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/ a) Any of several South American trees, of the genus Cinchona, cultivated for its medicinal bark. b) The bark of these trees, that yields quinine alkaloids used to treat malaria …
25Cinchona L. — Symbol CINCH Common Name cinchona Botanical Family Rubiaceae …
26cinchona — cin·cho·na || sɪŋ kəʊnÉ™ n. type of evergreen tree; bark of the cinchona tree which yields quinine …
27cinchona — n. Quinquina, Peruvian bark, Jesuit s bark, Cinchona bark …
28cinchona — cin•cho•na [[t]sɪŋˈkoʊ nə, sɪn [/t]] n. pl. nas 1) pln any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, native to the Andes, esp. C. calisaya, whose bark yields quinine 2) pln the medicinal bark of such trees or shrubs… …
29cinchona — /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/ (say sing kohnuh) noun 1. any of the trees or shrubs constituting the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for their bark, which yields quinine and other alkaloids. 2. the medicinal bark of such… …
30Cinchona pubescens — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …
