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Noun Concept
Categories: Quinine, Antimalarial agents, Medicinal plants, Natural history of Peru
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cinchona  cinchona bark  Peruvian bark  Jesuit's bark  China bark extract
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Medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine WordNet 3.0
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Medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine used to treat the disease. Wikipedia
bark from trees of the genus Cinchona Wikidata
The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria. Wiktionary
IS A
bark
crude drug
PART OF
cinchona
NATURAL PRODUCT OF TAXON
cinchona
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cinchona, cinchona bark, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark
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Jesuit's bark
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Jesuit's bark
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cinchona
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China bark extract, cinchona bark, Jesuit's Bark, Jesuit's powder, Jesuit's Tree, Jesuit bark, Jesuits bark, Peruvian bark, Pulvis Patrum
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Cinchona bark

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