cinchona

n. 金鸡纳树, 金鸡纳树皮 [医] 金鸡纳[树]皮

发音

UK /sɪŋˈkəʊnə/
其它
US /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/

词形变化

cinchonas 复数 cinchonas

别名

chinchona chincona

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.

    金鸡纳

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  2. 2.

    The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.

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  3. 3.

    Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

chinchona cinchona bark Jesuit's bark Peruvian bark

上位词 2

tree bark

下位词 2

calisaya Cartagena bark

部分词 3

cinchona bark Jesuit's bark Peruvian bark

整体词 1

chinchona

相关短语

cinchona bark [医] 金鸡纳皮 cinchona red [医] 金鸡纳红 cinchona reds cinchona barks

词源

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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