Cinchona+bark
31Cinchona ledgeriana — noun Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark • Syn: ↑calisaya, ↑Cinchona officinalis, ↑Cinchona calisaya • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona • …
32Cinchona officinalis — noun Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark • Syn: ↑calisaya, ↑Cinchona ledgeriana, ↑Cinchona calisaya • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona • …
33bark — 1. noun /bɑː(ɹ)k/ a) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. Fox’s clumsy figure, negligently dressed in blue and buff, seemed unprepossessing; only his shaggy eyebrows added to the expression of his face; his voice… …
34Cinchona pubescens — noun small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark • Syn: ↑cinchona tree • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Cinchona, ↑ …
35cinchona tree — noun small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark • Syn: ↑Cinchona pubescens • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Cinchona, ↑ …
36cinchona — 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 …
37cinchona — 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… …
38bark — I. verb Etymology: Middle English berken, from Old English beorcan; akin to Old Norse berkja to bark, Lithuanian burgėti to growl Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog b. to make a… …
39cinchona — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from the countess of Chinchón died 1641 wife of the Peruvian viceroy Date: 1786 1. any of a genus (Cinchona) of South American trees and shrubs of the madder family 2. the dried bark of a cinchona (as C.… …
40cinchona — 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 …
