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Definition of Peach-wood
1. Noun. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Group relationships: Caesalpinia, Genus Caesalpinia
Terms within: Brazilwood
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peach-wood
Literary usage of Peach-wood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Killing of Plant Tissue by Low Temperature by William Henry Chandler (1914)
"Peach Wood Killing. As mentioned previously, on some years the peach wood is
badly injured. Generally this injury follows very severe cold winters with ..."
2. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1841)
"... they possess but little fixity when thus formed, they are denominated Uw
fugitive colours. 1. Red is made Irani Brazil wood and peach wood. 2. Black. ..."
3. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"Nicaragua, or Peach Wood, called by the French Bois de Sainte Marthe. ...
The woods sold under the name of Nicaragua, or peach wood, differ greatly in their ..."
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