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white 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).