brazilwood
1. heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods • Hypernyms: wood • Substance Holonyms: peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata 2. tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry • Syn: peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia
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