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Definition of: cinchona

(sin·kō′nə) noun
1. Any of various Peruvian trees and shrubs (genus Cinchona) of the madder family, now widely cultivated in India and Java as a source of quinine and related alkaloids.
2. The bark of any of these trees, [after the Countess of Cinchón, 1576–1639, wife of the viceroy of Peru]
—cin·chon·ic (sin·kon′ik) adjective

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