quinine tree

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• quinine-tree — afrikinė rauvolfija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Rauvolfia caffra), paplitęs Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Rauvolfia caffra angl. African quinine; quinine tree šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• quinine tree — noun 1. : horseradish tree 2. : hop tree 3. : native quince …   Useful english dictionary

• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• quinine — (n.) alkaloid responsible for curative properties in the cinchona tree, 1826, from French (1820), with chemical ending IN (Cf. in) (2) + Sp. quina cinchona bark (from which it is extracted), from Quechua (Peru) kina …   Etymology dictionary

• Quinine — Not to be confused with quinone. Quinine Systematic (IUPAC) name …   Wikipedia

• Quinine — The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word kina meaning bark of the tree referring to the cinchona tree. From this tree, quinine was first obtained. The Peruvian Indians called it the fever tree. Quinine …   Medical dictionary

• Quinine total synthesis — In total synthesis, the Quinine total synthesis describes the efforts in synthesis of quinine over a 150 year period. The development of synthetic quinine is considered a milestone in organic chemistry although it has never been produced… …   Wikipedia

• tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …   Universalium

• quinine — quin|ine [ˈkwıni:n US ˈkwaınaın] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Spanish; Origin: quina name of the tree from which quinine is obtained, from Quechua quinaquina] a drug used for treating fevers, especially ↑malaria …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quinine berry — /ˈkwɪnin bɛri/ (say kwineen beree) noun a small tree, Petalostigma pubescens, with very dark bark and a small round bitter tasting yellow fruit; native to northern Australia. {quinine because traditionally used by Aboriginal people to make an… …  

• QUININE —    an alkaloid obtained from the bark of several species of the cinchona tree and others, and which is employed in medicine specially as a ferbrifuge and a tonic …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia