araroba
araroba definition
ara·roba (ar′ə rō′bə, är′-)
noun
- a bitter, yellow powder obtained from cavities in the trunk of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) of the pea family and used to make the drug chrysarobin; Goa powder
- this tree
Etymology: Port < Tupí name
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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