noun
medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
• Syn: ↑cinchona, ↑cinchona bark, ↑Peruvian bark
• Hypernyms: ↑bark
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cinchona (def. 2).
[1685-95; introduced into Europe from the Jesuit missions in South America]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.