Definition

Noun: 1. A tree species: A Colombian tree (Cinchona cordifolia), which is a source of a specific type of cinchona bark known as Cartagena bark. This bark is historically significant for its medicinal properties.

Usage Notes

• The term "cinchona cordifolia" is a scientific botanical name. It is used in formal, academic, or historical contexts, particularly in botany, pharmacology, and the history of medicine.
• It is a proper noun referring to a specific species. It is not used in everyday conversation.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The forests once contained many specimens of cinchona cordifolia.
  • Cartagena bark, derived from cinchona cordifolia, was a valuable commodity in the 19th century.

Advanced Usage

• The name can be used metonymically to refer to the medicinal bark itself.
  • The treatment relied on a preparation of cinchona cordifolia.

Variants and Related Words

• Cartagena bark (n): The dried bark of the tree, used as a source of quinine.
• Cinchona (n): The genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, to which belongs. Other species are sources of quinine and other alkaloids.
• Quinine (n): A medication used to treat malaria, historically extracted from the bark of cinchona trees.

Synonyms

• Cinchona tree (general term for the genus)
• Fever tree (historical/common name for cinchona trees due to their use against malaria-induced fever)

Notes on Different Meanings

• This term has a single, specific meaning as a botanical name for a particular tree species. It does not have multiple common definitions.

Noun

1. Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)