单词 | chinchona |
释义 | chinchona (once / 274868 pages) n WORD FAMILY chinchona USAGE EXAMPLESBut of far greater importance was the introduction into Europe of that priceless febrifuge and antiperiodic—chinchona bark. Zahm, John Augustine, Woman in Science—With an Introducto...(2011) In its crude form the bark of the chinchona tree had been used for its medical properties since times immemorial. Emerson, Edwin, A History of the Nineteenth Century...(2010) Her famous cure induced Linnaeus long afterwards to name the whole genus of quinine-yielding trees Chinchona, in her honour. Kingston, William Henry Giles, The Western World—Picturesque Sketc...(2010) n any of several trees of the genus Cinchona Syn|Hypo|Hyper cinchona Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark) Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, calisayaPeruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark Cinchona pubescens, cinchona treesmall tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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