Definition of cinchona

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • cinchona is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • cinchona is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • cinchona is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of cinchona


  • any of several trees of the genus Cinchona (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chinchona
  • medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cinchona bark
    2. jesuit's bark
    3. peruvian bark

See definition of cinchona in Merriam Webster