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Maracaibo|mærəˈkaɪbəʊ| Name of the northern province of Venezuela, used attributively in Maracaibo-balsam, a copaiba obtained from Copaifera officinalis; Maracaibo-bark, the bark of Cinchona tucujensis.
1843Holtzapffel Turning I. 94 Maracaybo is a furniture wood of moderate size, as hard as good mahogany, and in appearance between it and tulip-wood. 1889in Syd. Soc. Lex. |