Cinchona Definition

sĭng-kōnə, sĭn-chō-
noun
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.
Webster's New World
The bitter bark of these trees.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Cinchoneae — the cinchona trees.

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Other Word Forms of Cinchona

Noun

Singular:
cinchona
Plural:
cinchonas

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

  • 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.

  • Of the medicinal plants, the best-known products are ipecacuanha., sarsaparilla, copaiba, jaborandi and cinchona, but this is only a part of the list.

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