china bark


china bark

n (Pharmacology) another name for cinchona2

cin•cho•na

(sɪŋˈkoʊ nə, sɪn-)

n., pl. -nas. 1. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cinchona, of the madder family, native to the Andes, esp. C. calisaya, whose bark yields quinine. 2. the medicinal bark of such trees or shrubs. [1740–50; < New Latin, after Francisca Enriques de Ribera, Countess of Chinchón (d. 1641), who was associated in several accounts (now considered spurious) with the introduction of quinine into Europe] cin•chon′ic (-ˈkɒn ɪk) adj.