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Webster 1913 Edition
Quebracho
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Que-bra′cho
,Noun.
[Sp.]
(Bot.)
A Chilian apocynaceous tree (
Aspidosperma Quebracho
); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnœa of the lung, or bronchial diseases; – called also white quebracho
, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii
) whose bark is said to have similar properties. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).