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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024que•bra•cho (kā brä′chō; Sp. ke vrä′chô),USA pronunciation n., pl. -chos (-chōz; Sp. -chôs).USA pronunciation - Plant Biologyany 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.
- Plant Biologya tree, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, of the dogbane family, yielding a medicinal bark.
- the wood or bark of any of these trees.
- American Spanish, variant of quiebracha, quiebra-hacha literally, (it) breaks (the) hatchet; see quebrada, hatchet
- 1880–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quebracho /keɪˈbrɑːtʃəʊ; Spanish: keˈβratʃo/ n ( pl -chos / -tʃəʊz Spanish: -tʃos/)- either of two anacardiaceous South American trees, Schinopsis lorentzii or S. balansae, having a tannin-rich hard wood used in tanning and dyeing
- an apocynaceous South American tree, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, whose bark yields alkaloids used in medicine and tanning
- the wood or bark of any of these trees
Etymology: 19th Century: from American Spanish, from quiebracha, from quebrar to break (from Latin crepāre to rattle) + hacha axe (from French hache) |