1.
[syn: araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
araroba
n 1: a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn:
araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin]