Goa powder
English
Etymology
So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, where it was shipped from Portugal.
Noun
Goa powder (countable and uncountable, plural Goa powders)
- araroba; a bitter powder found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine
Translations
a bitter powder found in the Andira araroba tree, used as a medicine
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Goa powder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
See also
- chrysarobin