Cinchona Synonyms & Definitions

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• CinchonaDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
2. (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits bark.

• CinchonaceousDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.