cinchona

cinchona definition - medical

cin·cho·na (sĭng-kōˈnə, sĭn-chōˈ-)

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The dried bark of any of these plants.

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