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Goa powder (medicine)


goa powder


A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.

Origin: So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.

Source: Websters Dictionary