CINCHONA CALISAYA

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Meaning:

Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

Synonyms:

calisaya; Cinchona calisaya; Cinchona ledgeriana; Cinchona officinalis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cinchona calisaya" is a kind of...):

chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)

Holonyms ("Cinchona calisaya" is a member of...):

genus Chinchona; genus Cinchona (large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark)

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