Goa powder

Goa powder Word Origin noun

1. 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.

Origin of Goa powder First recorded in 1870–75; after Gôa Also called araroba. British Dictionary definitions for goa powder Goa powder noun

1. another name for araroba (def. 2)