ALCORNOQUE

(Sp.), n. ’ka. From Ar., al, the, and jörg, à sandal with a cork sole [A, 334], or from Celtic cran-airke, the cork-tree [A, 338]. Also written alcornoqué, alcornoc, and alcornoco. 1. The cork-tree. 2. A South American tree; accord in; the older writers, Alchornea latifolia; according to others, Bowdichia virgilioides, or a species of Byrsonima, furnishing a. bark. B, 5, 19, 88, 92, 93.]—A. bark. Lat., cortex a. (seu alcornoc). Fr. corce d'a.’ Ger., Alcornocrinde. A bark obtained from the a. (2d def.), first imported into Europe in 1784, and vaunted as a sudorific and remedy for phthisis. It occurs in commerce under the form of thick fragments presenting two layers, an external, spongy in conue. sistence and astringent in taste, and an internal, woody and po e ed of a bitter taste and emetic properties. [B, 5, 88.]—A. of Brazil. Fr., a. du Brésil. The Bowdichia major. [B, 92.1— American a. See A. (2d def.).—Cortex a. (Lat.), écorce da. (Fr.). See A. bark.—European a. bark, Spanish a. bark. The bark of the young cork-tree, used in tanning. [B, 39.)