| 单词 | cinchona |
| 释义 | cinchona (once / 19798 pages) n WORD FAMILY cinchona: cinchonas USAGE EXAMPLESDigitalis comes from foxglove, quinine from cinchona bark, penicillin from bread mold and aspirin from willow tree bark. New York Times(Aug 10, 2015) For example, Quinine is a malaria treatment that occurs naturally in cinchona trees. US News(May 25, 2015) The success of the ensuing cinchona plantations made quinine available to much of the world and, in so doing, saved millions of lives. Washington Post(May 14, 2015) 1n any of several trees of the genus Cinchona Syn|Hypo|Hyper chinchona Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark) Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, calisayaPeruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark Cinchona pubescens, cinchona treesmall tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms 2n medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine Syn|Hyper Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona bark bark tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
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