noun🔗ShareA tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark."The doctor explained that quinine, a medicine used to treat malaria, is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree. "plantmedicinenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants."During the malaria outbreak, the doctor prescribed cinchona to help reduce the patient's fever. "medicineplantsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
