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cinchonas Definition


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cinchona
noun cinchonas
    1. Any tree of the type yielding bark from which quinine and related by-products are obtained.
    2. The dried bark of these trees.
Etymology: 18c: named in honour of the Countess of Chinchon in Spain, who brought a supply of the bark to Spain from Peru.



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