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Cinchona Calisaya
(gcide) | Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or
quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf.
Kinic.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white
crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension
(Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate,
chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or
antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. [Written
also chinine.]
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Cinchona Calisaya
(gcide) | Calisaya bark \Cal`i*sa"ya bark\
A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the {Cinchona
Calisaya}, and other closely related species.
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cinchona calisaya
(wn) | Cinchona calisaya
n 1: Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: calisaya,
Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona ledgeriana, {Cinchona
calisaya}] |
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