goa : Idioms & Phrases

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cedar of goa

  • noun tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
    Mexican cypress; Cupressus lusitanica; Portuguese cypress.
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goa bean

  • noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
    winged bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; winged pea; goa bean.
  • noun Old World tropical bean
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goa bean vine

  • noun a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
    winged bean; Psophocarpus tetragonolobus; Manila bean; winged pea; goa bean.
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goa powder

  • noun a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases
    chrysarobin; araroba.
WordNet
Go"a pow"der
Etymology
So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.
Definitions
  1. A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.
Webster 1913