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Cinchona
Meaning
Noun
●
In Madder family plants:
A
tree
or
shrub
of the
genus
Cinchona,
native
to the Andes in South America but since
widely
cultivated
in Indonesia and India as well for its
medicinal
bark.
●
In Pharmaceutical drugs:
The
bark
of these
plants
, which
yield
quinine
and other
alkaloids
useful
in
reducing
fevers
and
particularly
in
combatting
malaria.
●
In Medicine:
Any
medicine
chiefly
composed
of the
prepared
bark
of these plants.
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Synonyms
Quinquina
Chinchona
Chincona
Related
Jimsonweed
Juglone
Kola Nut
Poison Hemlock
Bay Laurel
Slippery Elm
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