an arbitrary comb. form of mod.L. quina nova false cinchona bark, as in quinova-bitter = quinovin; quinova-red, a resinous substance obtained from quinovatannic acid; quinova-sugar, a saccharine substance obtained from quinovin; quinovatannic (acid) a., derived from quina nova.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 31. The alcoholic solution … leaves the quinova-sugar, on evaporation, as an uncrystallisable hygroscopic mass. Ibid., 32. Quinova-bitter [see QUINOVIN]. Ibid. (1894), IV. 392. Quinova red is a nearly black resin. Ibid. Quinovatannic acid.
