cinchona
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Cinchona — (S) … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
Cinchona — Cinchona … Wikipédia en Français
Cinchona — Cin*cho na, n. [So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cinchōna — L. (Chinarindenbaum, Fieberrindenbaum), Gattung der Rubiazeen, benannt nach der Gräfin von Chinchon, Gemahlin des Vizekönigs von Peru (s. unten), höchst elegante, kahle oder filzig behaarte Bäume oder Sträucher mit gegenständigen, elliptischen… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
cinchona — [sin kō′nə] n. [ModL: coined by LINNAEUS Carolus after the Countess del Chinchón, wife of a 17th c. Peruvian viceroy, who was treated for fever with the bark] 1. any of a genus (Cinchona) of tropical South American trees of the madder family,… … English World dictionary
Cinchōna — (Cinch. L.), nach der Gräfin Cinchon (Gemahlin des Grafen Cinchon, Vicekönigs von Peru, die nach ihrer Zurückkehr nach Spanien 1632 zur Bekanntwerdung der Chinarinde wesentlich beitrug) benannte Pflanzengattung, aus der Familie der Rubiaceae… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Cinchona — Cinchŏna, Pflanzengattg., s. Chinarinde [Abb. 345] … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Cinchona — Cinchona, s. Chinarinde … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
cinchona — |ô| s. f. [Botânica] Gênero de rubiáceas a que pertence a quina … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
cinchona — ► NOUN ▪ a medicinal drug obtained from the bark of a South American tree, containing quinine and related compounds. ORIGIN named after the Countess of Chinchón (died 1641), who brought the drug to Spain … English terms dictionary
Cinchona — For other uses, see Cinchona (disambiguation). Cinchona Cinchona pubescens flowers Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
