English Explanatory Dictionary

arariba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
  2. Any of several trees of the genus Simira (syn. Sickingia), usually with heavy dark red wood.
  3. Wood of an arariba tree.

Word forms

arariba araribas

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.

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