cinchonic en · ADJ
Etymology
From cinchona + -ic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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