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ANGOSTURA

\ˈaŋɡəst͡ʃəɹə], \ˈaŋɡəst‍ʃəɹə], \ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_ə_s_tʃ_ə_ɹ_ə]\

Definitions of ANGOSTURA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

ang-gos-t[=oo]'ra, n. a town of Venezuela, on the Orinoco (renamed Ciudad Bolivar in 1819), giving its name to an aromatic bitter bark, valuable as a febrifuge and tonic.--ANGOSTURA BITTERS is an essence containing angostura, canella, cinchona, lemon peel, and other aromatics, but much of what is sold under that name contains no angostura, but consists mainly of cheretta or other simple tonic.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Bark used as febrifuge and tonic, as A. bitters.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

See Cusparia. A genus, usually referred to Galipea.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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