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Rarecinchona
The correct spelling is cinchona.
How to pronounce cinchona
noun
IPA: /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/
Say it like: Sin-cho-na
The correct spelling is cinchona. A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.
- 2.The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
- 3.Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
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