noun Download 🔗Share A 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. Examples : "The doctor explained that quinine, a medicine used to treat malaria, is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree. " plant medicine nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants. Examples : "During the malaria outbreak, the doctor prescribed cinchona to help reduce the patient's fever. " medicine plant substance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading