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brazilwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood |
| Type of | tree |
brazilwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wood |
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brazilwood
The brazilwood tree, or Pau brasil, is one that anyone who loves music would appreciate.
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The third ship returned later, also with a cargo of brazilwood.
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In the 15th and 16th centuries, brazilwood was highly valued in Europe and quite difficult to get.
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Other dyes used in Byzantine silk workshops were madder, kermes, indigo, weld, and brazilwood.
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Brazilwood is a red-brown dye from either of two related trees.
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Traditionally, bows are made from pernambuco or brazilwood.
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Brazilwood is now classified as an endangered species.
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A common recipe, developed in the Middle Ages, is to first powder the brazilwood, turning it into sawdust.
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Vespucci returned to Spain with stocks of cotton and brazilwood from the island and described houses built into the ocean.
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- Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
- Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
- Brazilwood or Pau-Brasil (also called ibirapitanga in Tupi or still pau de pernambuco, among other names (Caesalpinia echinata syn. Guilandina echinata (Lam.) Spreng.) is a Brazilian timber tree. ...
- Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata) is a tree of Central and South American that yields a red-brown dye.
