brazilwood

bra·zil·wood  (br-zlwd)

n.

The reddish wood of certain tropical trees or shrubs in the pea family, especially a Brazilian tree Caesalpinia echinata, whose wood is used for violin bows and as a source of a red or purplish dye.

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[Obsolete brazil, brazilwood (from Middle English brasile, from Old Spanish or Portuguese brasil, probably of East Indian origin) + wood.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brazilwood - heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood, brazilwood - tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	brazilwood - tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia - small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana brazilwood - heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms