Quebracho

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]