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CINCHONA LEDGERIANA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cinchona ledgeriana mean?

• CINCHONA LEDGERIANA (noun)
The noun CINCHONA LEDGERIANA has 1 sense:

1. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

Familiarity information: CINCHONA LEDGERIANA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CINCHONA LEDGERIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Cinchona ledgeriana ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

calisaya; Cinchona calisaya; Cinchona ledgeriana; Cinchona officinalis

Hypernyms ("Cinchona ledgeriana" is a kind of...):

chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)

Holonyms ("Cinchona ledgeriana" 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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