quebracho

American  

[key-brah-choh, ke-brah-chaw] / keɪˈbrɑ tʃoʊ, kɛˈβrɑ tʃɔ /

noun

plural

quebrachos

1. any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.

2. a tree, Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco, of the dogbane family, yielding a medicinal bark.

3. the wood or bark of any of these trees.

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quebracho British  

/ keɪˈbrɑːtʃəʊ, keˈβratʃo /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of quebracho

First recorded in 1880–85; from South American Spanish, variant of quiebracha, quiebra-hacha literally, “(it) breaks (the) hatchet”; quebrada, hatchet

Example Sentences

“We’re at the limit,” said restaurateur Giulliano Lopresti, who reopened his Argentine restaurant Quebracho on Monday.

From Washington Times

Eating lunch at Quebracho, accountant Carlos Weinberger said restaurants should be allowed to open.

From Washington Times

The grill sits about six inches above a bed of hardwood quebracho coals that pulse with an orange heartbeat.

From New York Times

Jaime Stiuso, a former high-ranking counterintelligence official who left the country shortly after Nisman’s death, last week told Criminal Judge Fabiana Palmaghini that the prosecutor stood in the way of Argentine-Iranian nuclear collaboration pushed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and that Quebracho — a leftist group with ties to the Fernandez administration, Caracas and Tehran — likely assassinated him.

From Washington Times

Quebracho, a left-wing group whose leader, Fernando Esteche, has also been charged by Mr. Pollicita, echoed the sentiment in posters distributed in downtown Buenos Aires.

From Washington Times