cinchona

cin·cho·na

noun \siŋ-ˈkō-nə, sin-ˈchō-\

Definition of CINCHONA

1

: any of a genus (Cinchona) of South American trees and shrubs of the madder family

2

: the dried bark of a cinchona (as C. ledgeriana) containing alkaloids (as quinine) and formerly used as a specific in malaria

Origin of CINCHONA

New Latin, genus name, from the countess of Chinchón †1641 wife of the Peruvian viceroy

First Known Use: 1786

Rhymes with CINCHONA

Ancona, Bellona, Carmona, corona, madrone, Pamplona, persona, Pomona