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cinchonic

cinchonic adjective: belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona.

Adjective

cinchonic (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona.
    • CINCHONIC ACID . What is the Cinchonic Acid ? It is a peculiar vegetable acid , which exists in several varieties of Cinchona , ( Peruvian Bark ) in ...1825, David Boswell REID (the Elder.), Academical Examinations on the Principles of Chemistry; being an introduction to the study of that science, page 247

Origin of cinchonic

From cinchona + -ic.

Words formed from cinchonic

Phrases with cinchonic

Questions about cinchonic

What does cinchonic mean?
Cinchonic means belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona.
What part of speech is cinchonic?
Cinchonic is an adjective.

Words near cinchonic in the dictionary

  1. cinchonas
  2. cinchonate
  3. cinchonates
  4. cinchonia
  5. cinchonias
  6. cinchonic
  7. cinchonic acid
  8. cinchonic acids
  9. cinchonic red
  10. cinchonic reds
  11. cinchonicia

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