1. The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; so called before the discovery of America. ... 2. A very heavy wood of a reddish colour, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from ...
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Bra·zil' wood` [ Middle English
brasil , Late Latin
brasile (cf. Portuguese & Spanish
brasil , Pr.
bresil , Pr.
bresil ); perhaps from Spanish or Portuguese
brasa a live coal (cf.
Braze ,
Brasier ); or Arabic
vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was ...
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Brazil-wood a kind of wood yielding a red dye, obtained from several trees of the genus Caesalpinia, of the order Leguminosae, natives of the West Indies and Central and South America. The best kind is Caesalpinia echinata; other varieties are Caesalpinia brasiliensis, Caesalpinia orista and Caesalpinia Sappan. The wood is hard and heavy, and as it...
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