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- Quinic - a. - Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance.
- Quinicine - n. - An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.
- Quinone - n. - 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.
- Quinate - n. - A salt of quinic acid.