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cinchona

/sɪŋˈkoʊnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
cin-chona
IPA
/sɪŋˈkoʊnə/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de Osorio, 4th Countess of Chinchón (1599–1625), the wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, who was allegedly cured of a fever by the bark.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cinchona, Chinchón

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/
  • British English: /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cinchonas (plural) chinchona (alternative) chincona (alternative)

Derived Forms

cinchonal cinchonise cinchonism cinchonize

Phrases

cinchona red cinchonic acid cinchonic red

Frequently Paired Words

cinchonaceae cinchonaceous cinchonamine cinchonate cinchonia cinchonic cinchonic acid cinchonicia

Synonyms

quinquina cinchona bark Jesuit's bark Peruvian bark quinine bark chinchona

Rhymes With

arizona barcelona persona fiona mona jonah corona daytona bologna bona verona ramona

Questions

How do you pronounce cinchona?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/.
What does cinchona mean?
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.
Where does cinchona come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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