| NOUN | plant | cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark | medicinal bark of cinchona trees |
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| plant | cinchona, chinchona | any of several trees of the genus Cinchona |
| Meaning | medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine. | |
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| Synonyms | cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark | |
| Part of | cinchona, chinchona | Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona |
| Broader | bark | tough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
| Spanish | cascarilla, quina, quino | |
| Catalan | quina | |
| Meaning | Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona. | |
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| Synonym | chinchona | |
| Member of | genus Cinchona, genus Chinchona | large genus of trees of Andean region / region of South America having medicinal bark |
| Parts | cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark | medicinal bark of cinchona trees |
| Narrower | Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia | Colombian tree |
| 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 |
| Spanish | chinchona, quino | |
| Catalan | chinchona, cincona | |
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