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goa powder
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goa powder, [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. [1913 Webster]
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