angostura : Idioms & Phrases

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angostura bark

  • noun the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters
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An`gos*tu"ra bark"
Etymology
From Angostura, in Venezuela.
Definitions
  1. An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis). U. S. Disp.
Webster 1913

angostura bridge

  • noun a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar
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