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English noun: cinchona

1. cinchona (plant) medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine


Synonymscinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark


Broader (hypernym)bark


Part meronymchinchona, cinchona

2. cinchona (plant) any of several trees of the genus Cinchona


Synonymschinchona


Broader (hypernym)tree


Narrower (hyponym)calisaya, Cartagena bark, Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona pubescens, cinchona tree


Part holonymcinchona, cinchona bark, Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark


Member meronymgenus Chinchona, genus Cinchona









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