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araroba
(gcide) | 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 the material from
which chrysarobin is obtained.
[1913 Webster] |
Araroba
(gcide) | Araroba \Ar`a*ro"ba\, n. [Tupi.]
1. Goa powder.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum)
having handsomely striped wood; -- called also
zebrawood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
araroba
(wn) | araroba
n 1: a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn:
araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin] |
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Andira araroba
(gcide) | 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 the material from
which chrysarobin is obtained.
[1913 Webster] |
Araroba
(gcide) | 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 the material from
which chrysarobin is obtained.
[1913 Webster]Araroba \Ar`a*ro"ba\, n. [Tupi.]
1. Goa powder.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum)
having handsomely striped wood; -- called also
zebrawood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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