Purpleheart

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies countable
  2. 2
    The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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purplewoodpurplewood

Example

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"He hacks guitars out of old wood, including one created entirely from triangular scraps of highly-prized purpleheart wood that a carpenter had thrown away after completing a project."

Etymology

From purple + heart.

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south americawest indies

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