Толковый словарь английского языка - cinchona
Cinchona
cinchona
noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from the countess of Chinchón died 1641 wife of the Peruvian viceroy Date: 1786 any of a genus (Cinchona) of South American trees and shrubs of the madder family, the dried bark of a ~ (as C. ledgeriana) containing alkaloids (as quinine) and formerly used as a specific in malaria
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n. 1 a any evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to S. America, with fragrant flowers and yielding cinchona bark. b the bark of this tree, containing quinine. 2 any drug from this bark formerly used as a tonic and to stimulate the appetite. Derivatives cinchonic adj. cinchonine n. Etymology: mod.L f. Countess of Chinch{oacute}n d. 1641, introducer of drug into Spain ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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