cinchonidine - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cinchonidine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cinchonidine

[ n.]

- One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

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cinch cinchona cinchonaceous cinchonic cinchonine cinchonism cinchonize cincinnati epoch cincture cinctured

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