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angostura

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun angostura has 1 sense

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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