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cinchona

cin·cho·na [ sing kṓnə, sin chṓnə ] (plural cin·cho·nas)

noun

Definition:

1. dried bark: the dried bark of a South American tree. Use: source of quinine and some other drugs.

2. tree with bark producing quinine: an evergreen tree or bush that produces cinchona. Native to: South America. Genus Cinchona.

[Mid-18th century. < modern Latin, after the Countess of Chinchón (1576-1641), vicereine of Peru]

cin·chon·ic [ sing kónnik, sin chónnik ] adjective

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