English Explanatory Dictionary

cinchona

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
  3. Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.

Pronunciation

/sɪŋˈkəʊnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cinchona.wav /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/

Word forms

cinchona cinchonas chinchona chincona

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

quinquina cinchona bark Jesuit's bark Peruvian bark

Related words

cinchonaceae cinchonaceous cinchonamine cinchonate cinchonia cinchonic cinchonic acid cinchonicia cinchonicine cinchonic red cinchonidia cinchonidine

Derived words

cinchonal cinchona red cinchonise cinchonism cinchonize

Translations

Bulgarian: хининова кора Chinese Mandarin: 金雞納樹皮 /金鸡纳树皮 Esperanto: kinkono Finnish: kiinapuun kuori French: herbe des jésuites German: Chinarinde Hindi: कुनैन Portuguese: quina Russian: хи́на Russian: хи́нная ко́рка Russian: хи́нная кора́ Russian: хи́нная насто́йка Spanish: cascarilla Spanish: chinchona Spanish: quina Spanish: quinaquina Spanish: quino Spanish: corteza de quino Turkish: kinin lapası Turkish: Cizvit merhemi Welsh: rhisgl yr India Welsh: rhisgl Periw
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