Arariba
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood. countable, uncountable
- 2 Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood wordnet
- 3 Any of several trees of the genus Simira (syn. Sickingia), usually with heavy dark red wood. countable, uncountable
- 4 Wood of an arariba tree. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.