quebracho bark
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quebracho bark — noun see quebracho 3 … Useful english dictionary
quebracho — (ˌ)chō noun ( s) Etymology: American Spanish, alteration of quiebracha, quiebrahacha, from quiebra it breaks (3d singular present indicative of quebrar to break, from Latin crepare to rattle, crack, creak) + hacha ax, from French hache more at… … Useful english dictionary
Quebracho — Que*bra cho, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree ({Aspidosperma Quebracho}); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn[oe]a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; called also {white quebracho}, to distinguish it from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quebracho — [kā brä′chō] n. pl. quebrachos [AmSp, contr. < quiebrahacha, lit., ax breaker (because of the hardness of the wood) < quebrar, to break + hacha, ax] 1. a tropical American tree (Schinopsis lorentzii) of the cashew family, whose hard wood… … English World dictionary
quebracho — The dried bark of a genus of trees, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco (family Apocynaceae); has been used as a respiratory stimulant in emphysema, dyspnea, and chronic bronchitis; the two chief alkaloids are aspidospermine and quebrachine. [ … Medical dictionary
quebracho — noun Etymology: American Spanish, alteration of quiebracha, from Spanish quiebra it breaks + hacha ax Date: circa 1881 1. any of several trees of southern South America with hard wood: as a. a tree (Aspidosperma quebracho) of the dogbane family… … New Collegiate Dictionary
quebracho — /kay brah choh/; Sp. /ke vrddah chaw/, n., pl. quebrachos / chohz/; Sp. / chaws/. 1. any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, esp. S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and … Universalium
quebracho — n. any of various tropical trees native to America that have very hard wood; bark and wood of the quebrachos used in tanning and dyeing; tree of the dogbane family that produces a medicative bark; wood or bark of any of these trees … English contemporary dictionary
quebracho — que•bra•cho [[t]keɪˈbrɑ tʃoʊ[/t]] n. pl. chos 1) pln any of several tropical American trees having very hard wood, esp. Schinopsis lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are used in tanning and dyeing 2) pln a tree, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco,… … From formal English to slang
quebracho — /keɪˈbratʃoʊ/ (say kay brahchoh) noun 1. any of several trees of the genus Schinopsis, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing. 2. the tree Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, yielding a medicinal bark. 3. any of several hard… …
