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aroba
(gcide) | Araba \A*ra"ba\, n. [Written also aroba and arba.] [Ar. or
Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.]
A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often
covered. [Oriental]
[1913 Webster]
The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to
admit the air --Balfour
(Cyc. of
India).
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staroba
(msas) | staroba
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staroba
(msasasci) | staroba
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staroba
(czen) | staroba,old agen: Zdeněk Brož |
Algaroba
(gcide) | Algaroba \Al`ga*ro"ba\, n. [Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr?bah.
Cf. Carob.] (Bot.)
(a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region;
also, its edible beans or pods, called {St. John's
bread}.
(b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree
found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet,
pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is
collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.
[1913 Webster] algaroth |
algaroba bean
(gcide) | Carob \Car"ob\, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp.
garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[=u]b, Per.
Kharn[=u]b. Cf. Clgaroba.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua)
found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the
St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.
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2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree,
which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by
man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and
algaroba bean.
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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.
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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 \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.
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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 \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.
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araroba
(wn) | araroba
n 1: a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn:
araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin] |
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