Cinchona
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Cinchona officinalis bark, from which quinine is obtained.
See also: cinchona
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Cinchona f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family; Cinchonoideae - subfamily; Cinchoneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cinchona officinalis - type species; for others see
Cinchona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Cinchona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cinchona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cinchona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cinchona at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cinchona at The Plant List
- Cinchona at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cinchona at USDA Plants database
- Cinchona at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Cinchona at Tropicos
