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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cinchonine \Cin"cho*nine\, n. [From Cinchona: cf. F. cinchonine.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cinchonine n 1: an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug