Noun: cinchona tree
- Small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
"Cinchona trees were historically vital in treating malaria";
- Cinchona pubescens
Derived forms: cinchona trees
Type of: chinchona [rare], cinchona
Part of: genus Chinchona [rare], genus Cinchona
Encyclopedia: Cinchona tree