meaning of cinchonia
1. 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.
2. The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits bark.
Related Words
cinchona | cinchonaceous | cinchonic | cinchonidine | cinchonine | cinchonism | cinchonize |
