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araroba
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn: Goa powder , chrysarobin ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Goa powder \Go"a pow"der\ [So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.] A bitter powder (also called araroba ) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree ( Andira araroba ) and used as a medicine. It is ...
Usage examples of araroba.
The tree from which it is obtained, Andira Araroba, is large, smooth, and quite commonly found in Bahia, Brazil.