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noun
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The wood of this tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata
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Broader terms: tree
noun
heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
History
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *brasa Old Galician-Portuguese brasa Portuguese brasa Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Portuguese -il Portuguese brasilder. Portuguese Terra do Brasilellip. Portuguese Brasilder. Portuguese Brazilbor. English Brazil Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h1)wéydh(h1)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood English brazilwood From Brazil + wood.
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