Crossword clues for brazilwood
The Collaborative International 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. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood.]
The wood of the oriental C[ae]salpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.
A very heavy wood of a reddish color, 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 inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of Caesalpinia Braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows.
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a tropical tree ( Caesalpinia echinata) with a prickly trunk; its heavy red heartwood (also called brazilwood) yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
Syn: peachwood, pernambuco wood.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en usually uncountable) A Brazilian timber tree, (taxlink Caesalpinia echinata species noshow=1), used primarily to make bows for string instruments. 2 (label en uncountable) The wood of such tree.
WordNet
n. heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry [syn: peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata]
Usage examples of "brazilwood".
The most incorrigible of these men were given the task of rasping brazilwood, sawing it down to extract the reddish dye.
His hands and arms and much of his face were stained red from sawing at brazilwood, so that he looked more like a murderer than a penitent in a house of correction.
The dense, variegated forest was rich in ebony, rosewood, brazilwood, and mahogany trees.
It took the balsams, brazilwood, and scented ointments to the mirror, as though only in the looking glass could it tell their color, but when putting on the whitener it turned its face away from the mirror, as though afraid of injury.
Explorers were so aware of dyestuffs as trade goods that the country Brazil was named after the abundance of brazilwood found there.
The red produced by brazilwood, for example, is fugitive, as is the lavender that comes from logwood.