| NOUN | plant | genus Chinchona, genus Cinchona | large genus of trees of Andean region / region of South America having medicinal bark |
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| Meaning | large genus of trees of Andean region / region of South America having medicinal bark. | |
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| Synonym | genus Cinchona | |
| Member of | Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family | widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs |
| Members | 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, chinchona | Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona | |
| cinchona tree, Cinchona pubescens | small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers | |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| Spanish | genus chinchona, genus cinchona | |
| Catalan | genus chinchona, genus cinchona | |
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