English Dictionary

cinchona

IPA（発音記号）

/sɪŋˈkəʊnə/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

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.

日本語の意味

南米アンデス原産の、シンコーナ属に属する樹木または低木。主に、薬効成分を含む樹皮を取得するために栽培される。

The cinchona in the botanical garden was labeled as the source of quinine used to fight malaria.

植物園にある、アンデス原産で樹皮が薬用に使われる木は、マラリア治療に使われるキニーネの供給源として表示されていた。

意味（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.

He seems to have collected plants of every kind - sugar-cane, coffee, cinchona, cocoa, indigo, and many others - and thus demonstrates beyond a doubt that Arnheim's Land will not prove herself behind the rest of the tropical world both in planting and agriculture, when the labour question is settled, and a properly-arranged coolie system enables planters to give the country a proper trial.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

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

cinchonas （ plural ）