cinchona

English - Turkish

Definition of cinchona in English Turkish dictionary

{i} kınakına

{i} kınakına ağacı

cinchona bark kınakına ağacı kabuğu

Related Terms

cinchona tree

kinakina ağacı

English - English

Definition of cinchona in English English dictionary

The bark of these trees, that yields quinine alkaloids used to treat malaria

Any of several South American trees, of the genus Cinchona, cultivated for its medicinal bark

Any of about 40 species, mostly trees, that make up the genus Cinchona in the madder family. Cinchona is native to the Andes Mountains. Four species have been cultivated in tropical regions for hundreds of years, mostly in Java and, since World War II, in Africa. The bark is processed to obtain various alkaloids. The most significant are quinine, used to treat malaria, and quinidine, used mainly for cardiac rhythmic disorders. High demand for quinine among Europeans living in the tropics led naturalists to smuggle cinchona seeds from South America to plantations in Asia in the mid 1800s and to conduct intensive research leading to new high-yield strains and improved processing methods

The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent

A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value

any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark

{i} type of evergreen tree; bark of the cinchona tree which yields quinine

Related Terms

cinchona bark

medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine

cinchona tree

small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

cinchonas

plural of cinchona

genus cinchona

large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark

Hyphenation

cin·cho·na

Etymology

() Named (by Linnaeus) after the Countess of Chinchón, who was cured of a fever by the bark while in Peru and brought a supply of it back to Europe.