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angostura
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun angostura has 1 sense
- angostura(n = noun.plant) angostura bark - the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters; Array is a kind of bark
CIDE DICTIONARY
angostura, [From Angostura , in Venezuela.].
A bitter aromatic bark, obtained from a South American tree of the rue family (Galipea cusparia , or Galipea officinalis ). It is used used as a tonic, in medicines, liqueurs and bitters. U. S. Disp. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
angostura, n. (in full angostura bark) an aromatic bitter bark used as a flavouring, and formerly used as a tonic and to reduce fever.
Idiom
Angostura Bitters propr. a kind of tonic first made in Angostura.
Etymology
Angostura, a town in Venezuela on the Orinoco, now Ciudad Bol{iacute}var
ROGET THESAURUS
angostura
Bitterness
N bitterness, acridness, acridity, acrimony, caustic, alkali, acerbity, gall, wormwood, bitters, astringent bitters, Angostura, aromatic bitters, sourness, pungency, alkaloids, turmeric, bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic, bitter as gall, bitter pill to take, sugar coating on a bitter pill.
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