cinchona

/sɪŋˈkoʊnə/

/sɪŋˈkʌʊnə/

Other forms: cinchonas

Definitions of cinchona

1. noun

   any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
   synonyms: chinchona

   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
2. noun

   medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
   synonyms: Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona bark

   type of:

   bark

   tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants