CINCHONA OFFICINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cinchona officinalis mean? 

• CINCHONA OFFICINALIS (noun)
  The noun CINCHONA OFFICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

  Familiarity information: CINCHONA OFFICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINCHONA OFFICINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

calisaya; Cinchona calisaya; Cinchona ledgeriana; Cinchona officinalis

Hypernyms ("Cinchona officinalis" is a kind of...):

chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)

Holonyms ("Cinchona officinalis" is a member of...):

genus Chinchona; genus Cinchona (large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark)