brazilwood

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brazilwood

noun brazilwoods · brasilwood · brezel wood

  1. uncountable, usually A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
  2. uncountable, usually The wood of this tree. Sixthly, he manufactures in manner following a red writing ink, which is greatly superior to the common solutions from peach wood and Brazil wood, not only in permanent brilliancy of color, but also in its freedom from acid, and consequent fitness for use with steel pens.

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noun timber tree

Españolpalo Brasil, pau-Brasil, pernambuco
Portuguêsbrasil, pau-brasil, pernambuco
Françaispernambouc, bois-brésil
DeutschBrasilholz
Italianopernambuco
Românăfernambuc, pernambuc
עבריתאַלְמוֹג almog

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@misc{brazilwood_2026,
  title = {brazilwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brazilwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}