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Definition of Cinchona
1. Noun. Medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine.
Group relationships: Chinchona
Generic synonyms: Bark
2. Noun. Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona.
Group relationships: Genus Chinchona, Genus Cinchona
Specialized synonyms: Cartagena Bark, Cinchona Cordifolia, Cinchona Lancifolia, Calisaya, Cinchona Calisaya, Cinchona Ledgeriana, Cinchona Officinalis, Cinchona Pubescens, Cinchona Tree
Terms within: Cinchona Bark, Jesuit's Bark, Peruvian Bark
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Cinchona
1. n. A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
Definition of Cinchona
1. Noun. Any of several South American trees, of the genus ''Cinchona'', cultivated for its medicinal bark. ¹
2. Noun. The bark of these trees, that yields quinine alkaloids used to treat malaria. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cinchona
1. a Peruvian tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cinchona
1. A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinchona
Literary usage of Cinchona
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1852)
"His quina roía, and even his guiña blanca, are not the produce of a cinchona*.
Of his synonyms only cinchona grandiflora, and cinchona ..."
2. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"At present, under the general heading of cinchona, it recognizes the bark of all
species of the genus yielding when assayed by the official process not less ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"cinchona BARK. either in the forest itself, or in drier situations lower down
... They have a more or less splintery-fibrous texture, contain the cinchona ..."
4. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"Jaén, see cinchona — b. Jesuit's, cinchona—b. Lima, see cinchona—b. ... Santa Martha,
see cinchona—b. Sassy, Sassy bark—b. ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"One of the most valuable products of Colombia, quinine- bark, or cinchona, is
being rapidly exhausted there as well as in Peru, and its culture has ..."
6. American Druggist (1887)
"When this substance is removed, the cinchona wine will remain clear. ... 1) : "
Nobody will want to use wine of cinchona as an agent to lower the ..."
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