Cinchona bark
1cinchona bark — cinchona (def. 2) …
2cinchona bark — noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine • Syn: ↑cinchona, ↑Peruvian bark, ↑Jesuit s bark • Hypernyms: ↑bark • Part Holonyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona …
3Cinchona — For other uses, see Cinchona (disambiguation). Cinchona Cinchona pubescens flowers Scientific classification Kingdom …
4cinchona — The dried bark of the root and stem of various species of C., a genus of evergreen trees (family Rubiaceae), native of South America but cultivated in various tropical regions. The cultivated bark contains 7 to 10% of total alkaloids; about 70%… …
5Cinchona —   Cinchona C. officinalis …
6Cinchona cordifolia — noun Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark) • Syn: ↑Cartagena bark, ↑Cinchona lancifolia • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Cinchona, ↑ …
7Cinchona lancifolia — noun Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark) • Syn: ↑Cartagena bark, ↑Cinchona cordifolia • Hypernyms: ↑cinchona, ↑chinchona • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Cinchona, ↑ …
8cinchona — 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… …
9cinchona — 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 …
10cinchona — n. Quinquina, Peruvian bark, Jesuit s bark, Cinchona bark …
