carapa
Americannoun
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a South American tree, Carapa guianensis, of the mahogany family.
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the light, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
Etymology
Origin of carapa
1860–65; < New Latin ≪ Carib: oil
Example Sentences
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They rub their bodies with carapa oil, to keep off insects; and one of the ingredients of their numerous poisons, is a kind of black ant called muneery.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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