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Definition of Brazilwood
1. Noun. Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods.
Generic synonyms: Wood
2. Noun. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Group relationships: Caesalpinia, Genus Caesalpinia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Brazilwood
1. Noun. A Brazilian timber tree, ''Caesalpinia echinata'', used primarily to make bows for string instruments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brazilwood
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazilwood
Literary usage of Brazilwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"It can, however, bo more economically prepared from brazilwood extract in the
following manner (Hummel and Perkin, Chem. Soc. Trans. 1882, 41, 367). ..."
2. The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of by Karl Friedrich Plattner (1854)
"When a substance under examination for fluorine produces no etching upon the
glass, and affords no reaction with the brazilwood paper, the following method ..."
3. Uses, Tests for Purity and Preparation of Chemical Reagents: Employed in by Charles O. Curtman (1890)
"When a strip of moist brazilwood paper, slightly reddened by exposure to light,
... When brazilwood paper is immersed for half a minute in vinegar (or other ..."
4. South America: A Geography Reader by Isaiah Bowman (1915)
"On his return he brought to Portugal a cargo of brazilwood. ... When it became
known that brazilwood grew abundantly in the tropical forests in this part of ..."
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