a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin
Also called: araroba
Word origin
[1870–75; after gôa]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, asymmetric, billing, upgrade, washout