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Definition of Bracelet wood
1. Noun. Small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets.
Group relationships: Genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bracelet Wood
Literary usage of Bracelet wood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"JACQUINIA, L. Bracelet-wood. Myrsinaceae. Named for Prof. NI de Jacquin, botanist
of Leyden, d. 1818. Evergreen shrubs. About 18 species, tropical America; ..."
2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... Is known to French settlers in the West Indies as Bracelet-wood, it being
their custom to string its shining brown and yellow seeds into bracelets. ..."
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