chinchona

Definitions of chinchona

1. noun

   any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
   synonyms: cinchona

   types:

   Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia

   Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)

   Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, calisaya

   Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

   Cinchona pubescens, cinchona tree

   small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms