English > cinchona: 2 senses > noun 2, plantMeaning | Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona. |
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Synonym | chinchona |
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Member of | genus Cinchona, genus Chinchona | large genus of trees of Andean region / region of South America having medicinal bark |
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Parts | cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark | medicinal bark of cinchona trees |
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Narrower | Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia | Colombian tree |
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calisaya, Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona calisaya | Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers |
cinchona tree, Cinchona pubescens | small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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Spanish | chinchona, quino |
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Catalan | chinchona, cincona |
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