quaruba

 

Probably from Portuguese quaruba; further etymology unknown.

quaruba (countable and uncountable, plural quarubas)

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

• “quaruba”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
•   Vochysia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Vochysia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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