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cinchona
noun(cin-cho-na)
any of a genus (Cinchona) of South American trees and shrubs of the madder family
cinchona
noun(cin-cho-na)
the dried bark of a cinchona (such as C. ledgeriana) containing alkaloids (such as quinine) and formerly used as a specific in malaria

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