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peroba (iou)



peroba noun. E19.
[Portuguese from Tupi iperoba, from ipe bark + roba bitter.]
(The wood of) any of several Brazilian hardwood trees, esp. (more fully red peroba) Aspidosperma polyneuron (family Apocynaceae) and (more fully white peroba) Paratecoma peroba (family Bignoniaceae).