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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases;
[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]