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Chinchona
Chinchona Chin*cho"na, Chincona Chin*co"na See Cinchona.
Cinchona Calisaya
Quinine Qui"nine, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. Kinic.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. [Written also chinine.]
Cinchonaceous
Cinchonaceous Cin`cho*na"ceous, a. Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.

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- "La Chona" is a song by Mexican norteño band Los Tucanes de Tijuana. It was first released on 19 June 1995, as part of the band's album Me Robaste el...
- The Chona (Russian: Чона; Yakut: Чуона, Çuona) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of...
- Maria Chona (1845–1936) was a native American weaver and parti****nt in anthropological research. Maria Chona was born in 1845 on the Tohono O’odham reservation...
- Chona is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Mainza Chona (1930–2001), Zambian diplomat and politician Maria Chona (1845–1936), Native...
- Mainza Mathias Chona (21 January 1930 – 11 December 2001) was a Zambian politician and founder of UNIP who served as the third vice-president of Zambia...
- Havmor was founded by Satish Chandra Chona as 'Have More' in 1944 in Colonial India in Karachi (now in ****stan). Chona was an engineer who used to work for...
- Ka Chona is a village in the province Nangarhar in Afghanistan. At a wedding party on July 6, 2008, 47 Afghan civilians were killed by the US Air Force...
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- Kampeon in 1984 and the Asia Pacific Singing Contest in 1989. Under the name Chona, she signed a recording contract with OctoArts International in 1986 and...
- While Kaunda was in prison, Mainza Chona and other nationalists broke away from the ANC and, in October 1959, Chona became the first president of the United...