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Brazilwood   Listen
noun
Brazilwood, Brazil wood  n.  
1.
The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; so called before the discovery of America.
2.
A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of Caesalpinia Braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows.
3.
A tropical tree (Caesalpinia echinata) with a prickly trunk; its heavy red heartwood (also called brazilwood) yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Synonyms: peachwood, pernambuco wood.






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"Brazilwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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



Words linked to "Brazilwood" :   wood, genus Caesalpinia, tree, Caesalpinia echinata



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