arariba
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.
Noun
[edit]arariba (countable and uncountable, plural araribas)
- Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
- Any of several trees of the genus Simira (syn. Sickingia), usually with heavy dark red wood.
- Wood of an arariba tree.
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]for Centrolobium
- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/arariba
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051023032822/http://www.arvores.brasil.nom.br/florin/arariba.htm
- http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb
for Sickingia
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051228154900/http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/TropAmerican/html_files/sickin1new.html
Simira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Simira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Sickingia at The Plant List
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]arariba f (plural araribas)
- Alternative form of araribá
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