chinchona

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A form of cinchona — 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.

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Meanings

nounchinchona (plural chinchonas)

plural chinchonas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cinchona (“bark of the tree”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of several trees of the genus Cinchona

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cinchona
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cinchona

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

chinchona. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinchona

MLA

“chinchona.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinchona. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chinchona,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chinchona.

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