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Noun: Cinchona pubescens
  1. Small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
    - cinchona tree

Type of: chinchona, cinchona

Part of: genus Chinchona, genus Cinchona

Encyclopedia: Cinchona pubescens