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Brazilwood

noun
1.
Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods.
2.
Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.  Synonyms: Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood.





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"Brazilwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... lima, sapan and peach wood, dye red with alum and tartar, and a purplish slate colour with bichromate of potash. Some old dyers use Brazil wood to heighten the red ...
— Vegetable Dyes - Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer • Ethel M. Mairet


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