arariba

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.

Noun

arariba (countable and uncountable, plural araribas)

  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.

Translations

References

for Centrolobium

for Sickingia

Portuguese

Noun

arariba f (plural araribas)

  1. Alternative form of araribá
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