brasilwood
brasilwood is the alternative spelling of brazilwood.
Meaning of brazilwood
Noun
brazilwood (usually uncountable, plural brazilwoods)
- A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
- The wood of this tree.
- Sixthly, he manufactures in manner following a red writing ink, which is greatly superior to the common solutions from peach wood and Brazil wood, not only in permanent brilliancy of color, but also in its freedom from acid, and consequent fitness for use with steel pens.1847, editorial staff, “Patent Inks and Salts of Gold”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80
Forms of brasilwood
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Questions about brasilwood
- What is brasilwood the alternative spelling of?
- Brasilwood is the alternative spelling of brazilwood.
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