Dictionary entry

Angostura bark

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An′gos‐tu″ra bark′ (äṉ′gŏs‐to͞o″rȧ bärk′). [From Angostura, in Venezuela.] An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, orofficinalis). U. S. Disp.