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Meaning of GOA POWDER

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases
 
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 Synonyms: araroba, chrysarobin
 
 See Also: powder

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Go"a pow"der\ [So called from Goa, on the Malabar
coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.]
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.
 

 

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