brazilwood

English

Brazilwood

Etymology

Brazil + wood

Noun

brazilwood (usually uncountable, plural brazilwoods)

  1. A Brazilian timber tree, Caesalpinia echinata, used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of such tree.

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