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que⋅bra⋅cho

  [key-brah-choh; Sp. ke-vrah-chaw]
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–noun, plural -chos  [-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 dyeing.
2. a tree, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, of the dogbane family, yielding a medicinal bark.
3. the wood or bark of any of these trees.
Origin:
1880–85; < AmerSp, var. of quiebracha, quiebra-hacha lit., (it) breaks (the) hatchet; see quebrada, hatchet
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que·bra·cho   (kā-brä'chō)   
n.   pl. que·bra·chos

  1. Either of two South American trees, Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco whose bark is used in medicine, or Schinopsis lorentzii whose wood is one of the richest sources of tannin.

  2. The bark or wood of either of these trees.


[Spanish, alteration of quiebrahacha : quebrar, to break (from Latin crepāre, to crack) + hacha, ax (from French hache, from Old French, of Germanic origin).]
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Main Entry: que·bra·cho
Pronunciation: kA-'bräch-(")O, ki-
Function: noun
1 : a tree of the genus Aspidosperma (A.quebracho) of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) which occurs in Argentina and Chile and whose dried bark is used as a respiratory sedative in dyspnea and in asthma called also white quebracho
2 : ASPIDOSPERMA 2
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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