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Brazilwood

noun
1.
Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods.
2.
Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.  Synonyms: Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood.





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... the larger[6]. Fifty miles south-east from them is a rich and great province, or island, called Lochae[7]. The people are idolaters, and have both a king and language of their own. In it there grows great plenty of Brazil wood; and it has much gold, many elephants, wild beasts, and fowls, and an excellent fruit called bercias, as large as lemons. The country is mountainous and savage, and the king permits no person to come into his dominions, lest they ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1 • Robert Kerr


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