Category:Quebracho

Que*bra"cho, n. Etym: [sp.] (bot.)

Defn: a chilian apocynaceous tree (aspidosperma quebracho); also, its Bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnoea 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).