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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Araroba \Ar`a*ro"ba\, n. [Tupi.] 1. Goa powder. 2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil ({Centrolobium robustum}) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also {zebrawood}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: araroba n : a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn: {Goa powder}, {chrysarobin}]
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