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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cin•cho•na (sing kō′nə, sin-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, esp. C. calisaya, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for its bark, which yields quinine and other alkaloids.
- Plant BiologyAlso called Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark. the medicinal bark of such trees or shrubs.
- Neo-Latin, the Linnaean genus name, after Francisca Enriques de Ribera, Countess of Chinchón (died 1641), who was associated with the introduction of quinine into Europe, in several accounts now considered spurious
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cinchona /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/ n - any tree or shrub of the South American rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, having medicinal bark
Also called: cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, calisaya, china bark the dried bark of any of these trees, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids- any of the drugs derived from cinchona bark
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, named after the Countess of Chinchón (1576–1639), vicereine of Perucinchonic /sɪŋˈkɒnɪk/ adj |