quaruba

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English[edit]

a quaruba tree (Vochysia ferruginea)

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Portuguese quaruba; further etymology unknown.

Noun[edit]

quaruba (countable and uncountable, plural quarubas)

  1. (countable) Any tree of the genus Vochysia, of the tropical Americas.
  2. (uncountable) Wood from these trees.

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