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‖ alcorˈnoco, alcorˈnoque
[Sp. alcornoque, f. Arab. al the + quern oco spongy oak (Diez).]
Spanish name of the cork-oak, the young bark of which is employed in tanning under the name of European or Spanish Alcornoque bark. Extended in Spanish America to various trees yielding a similar product (American Alcornoque), esp. Bowdichia virgilioides, and species of Byrsonima; formerly also used in medicine.
[1823Humboldt Nova Genera VI. 376 Bowdichia virgilioides, Alcornoco incolarum.] 1832G. Don Gen. Syst. II. 464, Bowdichia: At the mouth of the Orinoco where it is commonly called Alcornoque. 1866Treas. Bot. 35, Alcornoco or Alcornoque Bark, the bark of several species of Byrsonima; the Alcornoque of Spain is the bark of the cork-tree. Ibid. 161, Bowdichia: The bark is of a reddish brown colour, and is known as Alcornoco bark. 1873Bentley Man. Bot. 459 The bark [of Bowdichia] with that of one or more species of Byrsonima is said to form the American Alcornoco or Alcornoque Bark of commerce. |