cinchona pubescens

1. 1.

   small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

   Synonymscinchona tree

   Broadercinchona

   Part ofgenus Cinchona

Questions about cinchona pubescens

What does cinchona pubescens mean?

cinchona pubescens means "small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark".

What is another word for cinchona pubescens?

Close synonyms include cinchona tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.