BRAZILWOOD

brazilwood, peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata

(noun) tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry

brazilwood

(noun) heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

brazilwood (usually uncountable, plural brazilwoods)

A Brazilian timber tree, Caesalpinia echinata, used primarily to make bows for string instruments.

(uncountable) The wood of such tree.

Synonyms

• (Caesalpina echinata): pau-brasil, pernambuco

Hypernyms

• (the tree): dyewood

• (the wood): dyewood

Source: Wiktionary

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