Cinchona

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Compare cinchona with other words:

cinchona vs. cinchonism

cinchona vs. quinovin

cinchona vs. quinology

cinchona vs. quinoidine

cinchona vs. cinchonine

cinchona vs. malaria

alkaloid vs. cinchona

cinchona vs. medicinal

cinchona vs. tree

chincona vs. cinchona

chinchona vs. cinchona

cinchona vs. quill

cinchona vs. quinine

bark vs. cinchona