Cinchonine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cinchonine \Cin"cho*nine\, n. [From {Cinchona}: cf. F.
     cinchonine.] (Chem.)
     One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and
     resembling cinchonidine; -- called also {cinchonia}.
     [1913 Webster]