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Definition of Goa powder

Goa powder
Goa powder Go"a pow"der [So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.] 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.

Meaning of Goa powder from wikipedia

- Araroba powder, also known as Bahia powder[citation needed] and Goa powder, is a drug occurring in the form of a yellowish-brown powder, varying considerably...
- children spray coloured powder solutions (gulal) at each other, laugh, and celebrate, while adults smear dry coloured powder (abir) on each other's faces...
- grown in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, but also in places such as Goa. They are harvested during winter. Kashmiri pepper appears wrinkled and rough...
- as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks. It is an everyday practice in many Hindu...
- water and dried, after which they are ground into a deep orange-yellow powder commonly used as a coloring and flavoring agent in many Asian cuisines,...
- Archdiocese of Goa and Daman and the seat of the Patriarch of the East Indies. It is part of the World Heritage Site, Churches and convents of Goa located in...
- Cafreal is a chicken preparation consumed widely in the Indian state of Goa, formerly part of Portuguese India. The preparation originated from the Portuguese...
- It is also drawn using white stone powder, chalk or chalk powder, often along with natural or synthetic color powders.[citation needed] Its part of the...
- diminished due to the invention of smokeless powder. Gunpowder is often referred to today as "black powder" to distinguish it from the propellant used...
- in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long...