algarovilla

English

Noun

algarovilla (uncountable)

  1. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Chloroleucon mangense), formerly used for tanning leather and as a dye.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for algarovilla in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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