cinchona
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cinchona
- /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/ UK
- /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊnə
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From New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de Osorio, 4th Countess of Chinchón (1599–1625), the wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, who was allegedly cured of a fever by the bark.
noun cinchonas · chinchona · chincona
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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.
He seems to have collected plants of every kind - sugar-cane, coffee, cinchona, cocoa, indigo, and many others - and thus demonstrates beyond a doubt that Arnheim's Land will not prove herself behind the rest of the tropical world both in planting and agriculture, when the labour question is settled
Similar: quinquina
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The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
Similar: cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, quinine bark, quinquina
- Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.
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noun bark
| Español | cascarilla, chinchona, quina, quinaquina, quino, corteza de quino |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 金雞納樹皮 /金鸡纳树皮 jīnjīnà shùpí |
| हिन्दी | कुनैन kunain |
| Português | quina |
| Français | herbe des jésuites |
| Deutsch | Chinarinde |
| Русский | хи́на xína, хи́нная ко́рка xínnaja kórka, хи́нная кора́ xínnaja korá, хи́нная насто́йка xínnaja nastójka |
noun tree
| 中文 | 金雞納 /金鸡纳 jīnjīnà |
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| Português | quina |
| Français | quinquina |
| Deutsch | Chinarindenbaum |
Talk about this word "cinchona." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cinchona. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cinchona. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cinchona "cinchona." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cinchona.Cite this
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title = {cinchona},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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