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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
araroba
    n 1: a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn:
         araroba, Goa powder, chrysarobin]
2. 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]
3. 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.]
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