genus Chinchona

Definitions of genus Chinchona
  1. noun
    large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark
    synonyms: genus Cinchona
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    type of:
    asterid dicot genus
    genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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