Anagrams of: CARIOCA

• music composed for dancing the carioca

• a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro

• a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba

• Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

• tropical American tree producing cacao beans

• A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

• Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus.

• A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.

• A fraudulent doctor; a quack.

• United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)

• a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

• dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

• A crocodile.

• A plastic slip-on shoe.

• (acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.

• an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)

• predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas