Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Brazilian plant, Simaruba versicolor, whose extremely bitter bark is used in powder against insect vermin and in infusion as a cure for snake-bites, and, together with the fruit, is employed as an anthelmintic.
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Examples
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Our favorite favorite would be the original Paraiba Tourmaline, which has since become extinct.
Meredith Barnett: A Million Reasons to Love Jewelry Line Ten Thousand Things Meredith Barnett 2011
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Our favorite favorite would be the original Paraiba Tourmaline, which has since become extinct.
Meredith Barnett: A Million Reasons to Love Jewelry Line Ten Thousand Things Meredith Barnett 2011
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Parana/Paraiba interior forests represent the largest and best protected portions of the Brazilian Atlantic semideciduous forest.
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Timber extraction, agriculture and hunting represent continuous threats to the biodiversity of Paraná/Paraiba forests.
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Priority setting workshop for Parana-Paraiba ecoregion.
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The boundary for the extension between Bahia forests and Serra do Mar forests was drawn along the Rio Grande, Rio Preto, and Rio Paraiba to the north and along the "dense ombrophilous forest" delineation, to separate this from these floristically distinct forests.
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The southern deliniation with the Paraña/Paraiba interior forests was made along the Rio Grande, Rio Preto, and Rio Paraiba due to distinct floral and faunal distributions.
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He is the father of the current governor of Paraiba, Cássio Cunha Lima (both from the PSDB [Party]).
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About 35 rivers, the largest of which are the Jequetinhonha, Mucuri, Doce and Paraiba do Sul rivers, provide an input of freshwater to the coastal areas.
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Paraiba set up a Technology Park in 1984 that has spawned 60 tech enterprises, from shrimp farms to Internet portals.
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