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   quinine
         n 1: a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in
               malaria therapy

English Dictionary: quinone by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quinone
n
  1. any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
    Synonym(s): quinone, benzoquinone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quiname \Qui"name\, a. [L. quini five each.] (Bot.)
      Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves
      composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quinone \Qui"none\, n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.)
      A crystalline substance, {C6H4O2} (called also
      {benzoketone}), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic
      acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any
      one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.
      [Written also {chinone}, {kinone}.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Queen Anne, MD (town, FIPS 64500)
      Location: 38.91887 N, 75.95404 W
      Population (1990): 250 (107 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21657

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Quenemo, KS (city, FIPS 58100)
      Location: 38.58040 N, 95.52630 W
      Population (1990): 369 (178 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66528
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