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arariba

arariba noun: any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.

Noun

arariba (countable and uncountable, plural araribas)

  1. Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
  2. Any of several trees of the genus Simira (syn. Sickingia), usually with heavy dark red wood.
  3. Wood of an arariba tree.

Forms of arariba

pluralararibas

Origin of arariba

Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.

Questions about arariba

What does arariba mean?
Arariba means any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
What part of speech is arariba?
Arariba is a noun.
What is the plural of arariba?
The plural of arariba is araribas.

Words near arariba in the dictionary

  1. Ararat plain
  2. ararauna
  3. araraunas
  4. arare
  5. Araria
  6. arariba
  7. araribas
  8. araroba
  9. araru
  10. aras
  11. Aras an Uachtaran

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