Goa noun1.
['gǝʊǝ] L17.[A district on the west coast of India, or its seaport (now Panaji).]Used
attrib. to designate things found in or associated with Goa.
Goa ball =
Goa stone below.
Goa bean (the seed of) a twining leguminous plant of tropical Asia and Africa,
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, grown esp. in SE Asia for its edible roots and four-winged seed-pods.
Goa butter =
KOKUM.
Goa powder a bitter yellowish powder obtained from cavities in the wood of the Brazilian araroba-tree, containing the drug chrysarobin and used to treat skin diseases; also called
araroba.
Goa stone (
obsolete exc.
Hist.) an amalgam of fever remedies in a hard ball.
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goa noun2.
['gǝʊǝ] M19.[Tibetan dgoba.]The Tibetan gazelle,
Procapra picticaudata, with backward curving horns.
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