单词 | quebracho |
释义 | Word Frequency quebracho(keɪˈbrɑːtʃəʊ, Spanish keˈβratʃo) nounWord forms: plural -chos (-tʃəʊz, Spanish -tʃos) 1. either of two anacardiaceous South American trees, Schinopsis lorentzii or S. balansae, having a tannin-rich hard wood used in tanning and dyeing 2. an apocynaceous South American tree, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, whose bark yields alkaloids used in medicine and tanning 3. the wood or bark of any of these trees 4. any of various other South American trees having hard wood Word origin C19: from American Spanish, from quiebracha, from quebrar to break (from Latin crepāre to rattle) + hacha axe (from French hache) |
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