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brazilwoods

brazilwoods is the plural of brazilwood.

Meaning of brazilwood

Noun

brazilwood (usually uncountable, plural brazilwoods)

  1. (usually) A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
  2. (usually) 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

Questions about brazilwoods

What is brazilwoods the plural of?
Brazilwoods is the plural of brazilwood.

Words near brazilwoods in the dictionary

  1. Brazilophilia
  2. Brazilophilic
  3. Brazilophobia
  4. brazils
  5. brazilwood
  6. brazilwoods
  7. brazing
  8. brazings
  9. Brazoria
  10. Brazoria County
  11. Brazos

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