Usually means: Tree source of quinine, medicinal.
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  1. chinchona: Merriam-Webster
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  3. chinchona: Wordnik
  4. Chinchona, chinchona: Dictionary.com
  5. Chinchona: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Chinchona: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. chinchona: Rhymezone
  8. Chinchona: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. chinchona: FreeDictionary.org
  10. chinchona: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Chinchona: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. chinchona: Wiktionary

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  1. chinchona: Encyclopedia

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  1. chinchona: Medical dictionary

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  1. chinchona: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Chinchona)

noun:  Alternative form of cinchona (“bark of the tree”) [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.]

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