Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quinidine \Quin"i*dine\, n. (Chem.)
   An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in
   certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a
   bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used
   somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also {chinidine}.]