HyperDic: quinine

English > 1 sense of the word *quinine*:
NOUN	artifact	quinine	a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark

quinine > pronunciation
Sounds	kway'nay.n
Rhymes	affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn...

English > *quinine*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy.
Broader	antimalarial, antimalarial drug	A medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
Substance of	tonic, tonic water, quinine water	lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
Spanish	quinina
Catalan	quinina