Cinchona

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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, which are used to treat malaria.
  • n. The dried bark of any of these plants. Also called Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark.
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  • n. Any of several South American trees, of the genus Cinchona, cultivated for its medicinal bark.
  • n. The bark of these trees, that yields quinine alkaloids used to treat malaria.
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    "This explains the fact that the above-named branches of science all possess an extensive literature on cinchona, which is accessible for purposes of comparison to those who care to study the subject in detail."
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