Found 1 items, similar to quebracho.
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quebracho
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 red quebracho, a
Mexican anacardiaceous tree (
Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose
bark is said to have similar properties. --J. Smith (Dict.
Econ. Plants).
[1913 Webster]