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purpleheart
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purpleheart
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 for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
Wiktionary
purpleheart
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