angico

English

Etymology

From Portuguese angico.

Noun

angico (plural angicos)

1. A leguminous tree, Anadenanthera colubrina, native to South America, with traditional medicinal properties and tannin-rich wood used in tanning.
   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 66:

     Scattered about everywhere, bundles of angico bark, scored through with the aid of a hammer and a knife.

   • 2009, Michael A. Mares, A Desert Calling, page 190:

     I recorded that rock cavies were known to eat the bark of the angico tree, a local tree with a bark rich in tannins that was used to tan goat hides.