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  1. Quebracho
    [group] Quebracho (named after a type of wood known for its hardness) is a left-wing group in Argentina that self-proclaims itself as bolivarian. Its official name is Movimiento Patriótico Revolucionario Quebracho (Revolutionary Patriotic Movement ``Quebracho``). According to their own publ...
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  2. quebracho
    a South American tree that is a source of tannin extract, which was extensively used as a thinning agent for drilling mud, but is seldom used today.
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  3. quebracho
    a South American tree that is a source of tannin extract, which was extensively used as a thinning agent for drilling mud, but is seldom used today.
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  4. Quebracho
    Que·bra'cho noun [ Spanish ] (Botany) A Chilian apocynaceous tree ( Aspidosperma Quebracho ); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnœa of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho
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  5. quebracho
    <botany> A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnoea of the lung, or bronchial diseases; called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose...
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  6. Quebracho
    • (n.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree (Aspidosperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn/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 ...
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  7. quebracho
    (from the article `Anacardiaceae`) ...caffrum), have edible fruits. The mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus) and the varnish tree (Rhus vernicifera) contain useful oils, resins, and ... ...the northern frontier of the Argentine Chaco near the Bermejo River. Logging operations followed the ranchers and h...
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  8. quebracho
    quebracho (kābrä'chō) , name for a tanning substance and for the trees from which it comes, chiefly the red quebracho, or quebracho colorado (Schinopsis lorentzii), of the family Anacardiaceae (sumac family). This hardwood tree, native to the Paraguayan subtropics, supplies one ...
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  9. quebracho
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kē-brah′chō Definitions: 1. The dried bark of a genus of trees, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco; white quebracho (family Apocynaceae); has been used as a respiratory stimulant in emphysema, dyspnea, and chronic bronchitis; the two chief alkaloids are aspidosper...
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  10. quebracho
    Any of several South American trees belonging to the cashew family, with very hard, tannin-rich wood; chiefly the red quebracho (S. lorentzii), used in the tanning of leather. (Genus Schinopsis, family Anacardiaceae.)
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  11. Quebracho
    [film] Quebracho is an Argentine 1974 film directed by Ricardo Wullicher. It tells the story of "La Forestal," an English company extracting Quebracho trees between 1900 to 1963 in the northern province of Santa Fe. The wood and its main product, tannin, were highly coveted between 1918 and ...
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