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cinchona tree

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Noun1.cinchona tree - small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowerscinchona tree - small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
Cinchona pubescens
genus Chinchona, genus Cinchona - large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark
chinchona, cinchona - any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
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Over-harvesting brought cinchona trees to the brink of extinction, and quinine became as valuable as gold.
Tonic water: sweet, bitter medicine by Art Culinaire
In 1948, he was invited to Guatemala to a plantation, where Cinchona trees were dying.
In praise of DDT by Howard-Moineau, Henrietta / The New American
It takes its name from the Peruvian Indian word 'kina' meaning 'bark of the tree', referring to the cinchona tree where it was first obtained.
Dr Gareth: Casebook A-Z: Q is for quinine by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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