angico

noun

1. A leguminous tree, Anadenanthera colubrina, native to South America, with traditional medicinal properties and tannin-rich wood used in tanning.

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

   “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.”