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pernambuco wood

noun

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

• Syn: ↑brazilwood, ↑peachwood, ↑peach-wood, ↑Caesalpinia echinata

• Hypernyms: ↑tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinia, ↑genus Caesalpinia

• Substance Meronyms: ↑brazilwood

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

: a brazilwood from a leguminous tree (Caesalpinia echinata)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.