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Goa powder (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] |
goa powder (wn) | Goa powder
n 1: a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn:
araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Goa powder (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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