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purpleheart

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purpleheart \Pur"ple*heart`\, n. (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera ( Copaifera pubiflora , Copaifera bracteata , and Copaifera officinalis ). Used ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A large tropical tree, of the genus (taxlink Peltogyne genus noshow=1), native to parts of South America and the West Indies 2 The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture