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CINCHONA PUBESCENS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cinchona pubescens mean?

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

1. small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

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

Dictionary entry details

• CINCHONA PUBESCENS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cinchona pubescens; cinchona tree

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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