transcription, транскрипция: [ siŋ-ˈkō-nə, sin-ˈchō- ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from the countess of Chinchón died 1641 wife of the Peruvian viceroy
Date: 1786
1. : any of a genus ( Cinchona ) of South American trees and shrubs of the madder family
2. : the dried bark of a cinchona (as C. ledgeriana ) containing alkaloids (as quinine) and formerly used as a specific in malaria