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Definition of Pernambuco wood

1. Noun. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pernambuco Wood

Literary usage of Pernambuco wood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"He soon discovered that pernambuco wood alone combined the requisite lightness and stiffness. Unfortunately the maritime wars between France and England ..."

2. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"... 1250 PERIGEE—pernambuco wood fectly clear. With the filtrate mix the melissa water. 7. Oil, of bergamot, J oz. ; of lemon, i oz. ..."

3. A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1900)
"448), that alizarin bears to purpurin. The best known varieties of the wood are known by the following special names : Pernambuco-wood, ..."

4. Industrial Organic Chemistry: Adapted for the Use of Manufacturers, Chemists by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1912)
"496), that alizarin bears to purpurin. The best- known varieties of the wood are known by the following special names: Pernambuco-wood, ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"The beet kinds are those called pernambuco wood, All Saint«' Wood, and St Martha ... The heart-wood alone is of any value.—pernambuco wood is the produce of ..."

6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"The best kinds are those called pernambuco wood, All Saints' Wood, ... The heart-wood alone is of any value.—pernambuco wood is the produce of ..."

7. Practical Guide for the Manufacture of Paper and Boards by Albert Prouteaux, Louis Sébastien Lenormand, Henry T. Brown (1866)
"The decoction of pernambuco wood is of a very beautiful red; that of the other woods which are substituted for it is of a yellow approaching more or less to ..."

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