arariba

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.