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: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pernambuco interior forests — The Pernambuco interior forests is an ecoregion of eastern Brazil. It is part of the larger Atlantic forests complex, and lies between the coastal Pernambuco coastal forests and the dry Caatinga shrublands of Brazil s interior.ettingThe… … Wikipedia
Wood — Wooden redirects here. For other uses, see Wooden (disambiguation). Heartwood redirects here. For other uses, see Heartwood (disambiguation). This article is about the substance. For small forests, see woodland. For wood as a commodity, see… … Wikipedia
pernambuco — noun the hard reddish wood of a Brazilian tree (Caesalpinia echinata), used for making violin bows and as a source of red dye. Origin C16: from the name of the Brazilian state Pernambuco … English new terms dictionary
fernambuco wood — |fərnəm|b(y)ü(ˌ)kō , |fernəm|bü(ˌ)kō noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: from Fernambuco (now Pernambuco), state of Brazil, from Portuguese : pernambuco wood … Useful english dictionary
Brazil wood — Bra*zil wood , Brazilwood Bra*zil wood (br[.a]*z[i^]l w[oo^]d ). [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. {Braze}, {Brasier}); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing red or yellow … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peach-wood — noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry • Syn: ↑brazilwood, ↑peachwood, ↑pernambuco wood, ↑Caesalpinia echinata • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bra|zil|wood — «bruh ZIHL WUD», noun. a large tropical tree of the pea family whose wood was formerly used for making red and purple dyes and is still used for violin bows; Bahia wood; Pernambuco wood … Useful english dictionary
Per|nam|bu|co wood — «PUR nuhm BOO koh», = brazilwood. (Cf. ↑brazilwood) ╂[< Pernambuco, a seaport in Brazil] … Useful english dictionary
Brazilwood — Taxobox name = Brazilwood status = EN | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 250px image caption = An adult specimen in a square in Vitória, Brazil. regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia =… … Wikipedia
