Araroba

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  araroba
       n : a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn: {Goa
           powder}, {chrysarobin}]