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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

1. : the heavy wood of any of various tropical trees of the genus Caesalpinia (as C. sappan, C. braziliensis, and C. crista) used as red and purple dyewoods and in cabinetwork — see dye table I (under Natural Red 24)

2. : the wood of a So. American tree (Haematoxylon brasilletto) used in the American dye trade

/breuh zil"wood'/, n.

1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Caesalpinia, as C. echinata, having wood from which a red dye is obtained.

2. the wood of such a tree.

[1550-60; BRAZIL + WOOD¹]