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# cinchona

noun (a cinchona, cinchonas; cinchona bark)

«cinchona» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cinchona is a tree or shrub from the Andes mountains of South America whose bark contains quinine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#m1)
2. Cinchona bark is the dried bark of this tree, used for centuries to treat malaria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons cinchona bark was used by Indigenous peoples of Peru and Bolivia and later brought to Europe; quinine from it was the first effective medicine against malaria. Quinine gives tonic water its bitter taste. The cinchona tree appears on Peru's coat of arms. Phrases: cinchona bark, quinine.

### Examples

- Quinine, a medicine for malaria, comes from cinchona bark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x1)
- The cinchona tree grows in the Andes mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x2)
- People in Peru used cinchona bark long before Europeans arrived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x3)
- Tonic water tastes bitter because of quinine from cinchona. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x4)
- The cinchona tree is shown on Peru's coat of arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x5)
- Explorers smuggled cinchona seeds to grow the tree in Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x6)
- Cinchona bark helped save many lives from malaria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced sin-KOH-nuh. Today malaria is treated with newer medicines, but quinine is still used sometimes. Do not take bark or plants as medicine yourself.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cinchona» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinchona/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cinchona» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cinchona.html) on Mova free.