Romanian Meaning of cinchona

Cinchona

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Wordnet

cinchona (n)

medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine

any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

Webster

cinchona (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.

The bark of any species of containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

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Cinchona

medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine, any of several trees of the genus CinchonaA genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in

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cinching => strângere, cinched => strâns, cinch => curea, cimolite => Cimolit, cimmerian => cimerian,