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noun
1.
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, especially C. calisaya, native to the Andes, cultivated there and in Java and India for its bark, which yields quinine and other alkaloids.
2.
Also called Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark. the medicinal bark of such trees or shrubs.
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cinchona cin·cho·na (sĭng-kō'nə, sĭn-chō'-)
n.
Any of several trees and shrubs of the genus Cinchona, native chiefly to the Andes and cultivated for bark that yields the medicinal alkaloids quinine and quinidine.
The dried bark of any of these plants.
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