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Definition of "lapacho" [lapacho]

  • The name, in Argentina and Paraguay, of several trees belonging to the genus Tecoma, of the Bignonia family, and particularly of T. Lapacho, a tree 50 to 70 feet high, yielding a bark used in tanning and a valuable heavy wood, much sought for building and naval construction. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "lapacho" in a sentence
  • "Also known as taheebo, lapacho, and ipe roxo, this herb is a folk remedy in Brazil for cancer and fungal infections."
  • "Returning, now, to apetalous plants of multiplicity and simplification of floral elements, we find that the urticaceæ [30] contain free formic acid; the hemp [31] contains alkaloids; the hop, [32] ethereal oil and resin; the rhubarb, [33] crysophonic acid; and the begonias, [34] chicarin and lapacho dyes."
  • "_ketchiveyos_, twenty or twenty-five feet long by about twenty inches wide, they hollow from the trunk of the cedar, or _lapacho_ tree."