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noun
Synonym of cinchona (bark, either untreated or prepared as a medicine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: cinchona
Antonyms: none provided
noun
medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bark
History
After the Jesuit missionary Bernabé Cobo, who first described the cinchona bark and introduced it to Europe in 1632.
