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.
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Brazilwood
Synonyms for "brazilwood" (8 found)
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Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
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19 translations across 13 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- brasilpuu noun (timber tree)
French
2 entries- bois-brésil noun (timber tree)
- pernambouc noun (timber tree)
German
1 entries- Brasilholz noun (timber tree)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻipilapikana noun (timber tree)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַלְמוֹג noun (timber tree)
Irish
1 entries- crann brasaíladhmaid noun (timber tree)
Italian
1 entries- pernambuco noun (timber tree)
Macedonian
1 entries- варзило noun (timber tree)
Old Tupi
1 entries- ybyrapytanga noun (timber tree)
Polish
1 entries- fernambuk noun (timber tree)
Portuguese
3 entries- brasil noun (timber tree)
- pau-brasil noun (timber tree)
- pernambuco noun (timber tree)
Romanian
2 entries- fernambuc noun (timber tree)
- pernambuc noun (timber tree)
Spanish
3 entries- palo Brasil noun (timber tree)
- pau-Brasil noun (timber tree)
- pernambuco noun (timber tree)
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