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 also zebrawood
  • 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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