[a variant spelling of kina or quina (see QUININE), the Peruvian word for bark, whence kina-kina ‘bark of barks’ Peruvian bark or Cinchona.]
1. ‘A name of Cinchona bark’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.): chiefly used in pharmacy, as Calisaya China, the bark of Cinchona cardifolia; Huamalies China, that of C. pubescens; Huanuco China, Loxa China, etc. (Also applied to the bark of other cinchonaceous trees.) Also a homœopathic medicine prepared from cinchona.
1866. Treas. Bot., China Bark, the bark of Buena hexandra, an indifferent febrifuge.
2. In comb. or derivation chin- = QUIN-.
