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Noun: genus Chinchona
Usage: rare (=genus Cinchona)
  1. Large genus of evergreen trees native to the Andean region of South America, known for bark containing quinine
    - genus Cinchona

Type of: asterid dicot genus

Part of: family Rubiaceae, madder family, Rubiaceae