n 1  :  a tree of the genus Aspidosperma (A. quebracho) of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) which occurs in Argentina and Chile and whose dried bark is used as a respiratory sedative in dyspnea and in asthma - called also white quebracho   2  :  ASPIDOSPERMA 2 .
 
   
 
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