Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leguminous tree of Brazil, Centrolobium robustum, the beautiful striped wood of which is one of the kinds known as zebra-wood. Also called
araroba .
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- noun any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family
Fabaceae ), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called alsozebrawood - noun any of several trees of the genus Sickingia usually with heavy dark red wood
- noun the wood of an arariba tree.
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- noun Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood
Etymologies
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From Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.
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