cinchona
cinc·hona
noun
Origin
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.
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- cinchona red
- cinchonic acid
- cinchonic red
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