Cinchona meaning

sĭng-kō'nə, sĭn-chō'-
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.
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The dried bark of any of these plants.
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Any of a genus (Cinchona) of tropical South American trees of the madder family, from the bark of which quinine and related medicinal alkaloids are obtained: the trees are widely cultivated in Asia and the East Indies.
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The bitter bark of these trees.
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Any of various evergreen trees and shrubs of the genus Cinchona, native chiefly to the Andes, some species of which are cultivated for their bark, which contains quinine and other alkaloids used chiefly to treat malaria.
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The dried bark of any of these plants.
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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Cinchoneae — the cinchona trees.
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Origin of cinchona

  • New Latin Cinchona genus name reputedly after Francisca Henríquez de Ribera (1576–1639), Countess of Chinchón
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cinchona Sentence Examples

  • K., or Arracacha esculenta), indigo, rubber (Castilloa), ivorynuts, cinchona and bread-fruit.

  • Coffee, tea, cinchona and sugar were tried in turn, with limited success.

  • The soil is in general very fertile, the principal products being rice, maize and pulse (kachang) in the lower grounds, and cinchona, coffee and tea, as well as cocoa, tobacco and fibrous plants in the hills.

  • The cinchona has recently been introduced with complete success; and the mahogany of America reaches a large size, and gives promise of being grown for use as timber.

  • The best known of these are sarsaparilla, ipecacuanha, cinchona, jaborandi and copaiba; vanilla, tonka beans and cloves; Brazil-wood and anatto (Bixa orellana); india-rubber and balata.

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