araroba

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

araroba
    n 1: a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases [syn:
         {araroba}, {Goa powder}, {chrysarobin}]

from 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]

from 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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