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CINCHONA PUBESCENS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
Synonyms:
Cinchona pubescens; cinchona tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cinchona pubescens" is a kind of...):
chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)
Holonyms ("Cinchona pubescens" is a member of...):
genus Chinchona; genus Cinchona (large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark)
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