ANGOSTURA BARK


Meaning of ANGOSTURA BARK in English

|aŋgə|st(y)u̇rə-, |aiŋ-, -ürə noun

also angostura

( -s )

Etymology: probably translation of American Spanish corteza de Angostura, literally, bark of Angostura, from Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar), river port in Venezuela

: an aromatic bitter bark used as a tonic and antipyretic and obtained from either of two So. American trees ( Galipea officinalis and Cusparia trifoliata ) of the family Rutaceae, the latter yielding Brazilian angostura bark

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.