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Definition: QUEBRACHO |
QUEBRACHONoun1. 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 bark is said to have similar properties. |
Etymology: Quebracho \Que*bra"cho\, noun. [Spanish expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Aqueous extract of a bark of quebracho tree; contains up to 65% tannin. Used in froth-flotation as depressant for oxidized minerals. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: QUEBRACHO |
| Specialty definitions using "QUEBRACHO": organic colloid ♦ red lime mud ♦ TANNING-SOLUTION MAKER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "QUEBRACHO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (break-ax, quebracho), Swedish (quebracho). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Quebracho (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "QUEBRACHO": Aspidosperma Quebracho ♦ white quebracho. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quebracho | 25 |
argentina quebracho | 8 |
quebracho extract | 8 |
quebracho blanco | 6 |
quebracho tree | 5 |
colorado quebracho | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "QUEBRACHO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëvore kuebrahosë, kuebraho. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | ç™½é›€æ ‘. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | strom (Buckthorn, candleberry, cinchona, dogwood, dragon-tree, durmast, guelder rose, hydrangea, judas-tree, live-oak, loblolly-bay, locust tree, sassafras, seringa, service tree, Shea, single-tree, sumac, tree, umbrella tree, upas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ebrachoquay квебрахо, кора квебрахо. (various references) quebracho (break-ax). (various references) quebracho. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "QUEBRACHO": quebrachos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "QUEBRACHO" (pronounced 'Que*bra"cho'): Bicho, Broncho, macho, Monarcho, Poncho, Rancho, Sancho. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-h-o-q-r-u" | |
-1 letter: barouche. | |
-2 letters: baroque. | |
-3 letters: barque, breach, broach, broche, cherub, chorea, ochrea, orache, rouche, rubace. | |
-4 letters: abhor, acerb, beach, boche, bohea, brace, brach, caber, carbo, carob, chare, chore, cobra, cuber, obeah, ocher, ochre, ocrea, orach, quare, reach, rehab, roach, roque, ruche. | |
-5 letters: ache, acre, aero, arch, arco, bach, bare, bear, beau, boar, bora, bore, brae, buhr. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-h-o-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: quebrachos. | |
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