Brazilwood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments. uncountable, usually
- 2 tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry wordnet
- 3 The wood of this tree. uncountable, usually
"He would take with him red brasilwood from the East Indies – a dye-wood that was so valued that when a few years later the Portuguese found it in the New World, they would name a country after it."
- 4 heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods wordnet
Example
More examples"He would take with him red brasilwood from the East Indies – a dye-wood that was so valued that when a few years later the Portuguese found it in the New World, they would name a country after it."
Etymology
From Brazil + wood.
Related phrases
More for "brazilwood"
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