What does "cocobolo" mean?

An oily tropical hardwood of genus Dalbergia from Central America.

Cocobolo

Common synonyms include: cocobolo tree, cocobolo wood, dalbergia retusa, dalbergia retusa wood, dalbergia species, rosewood.

noun

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Noun

1
An oily tropical hardwood of genus Dalbergia from Central America. countable, uncountable
2
a valuable timber tree of tropical South America wordnet
3
An old South American coin. countable, historical, uncountable

Mid 19th century; via Spanish from Lokono kakabali.