n 1  cap  :  a genus of tropical American trees or rarely shrubs of the dogbane family that includes the white quebracho  2  :  the dried bark of the quebracho (Aspidosperma quebracho) used as a respiratory sedative in dyspnea and in asthma - called also quebracho bark  .
 
 
 
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