"brazilwood" meaning in English

See brazilwood in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: brazilwoods [plural]
Etymology: From Brazil + wood. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Brazil|wood}} Brazil + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} brazilwood (usually uncountable, plural brazilwoods)
  1. A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caesalpinia subfamily plants, Woods Translations (timber tree): brasilpuu (Finnish), pernambouc [masculine] (French), bois-brésil (French), Brasilholz [neuter] (German), ʻipilapikana (Hawaiian), אַלְמוֹג (almog) [masculine] (Hebrew), crann brasaíladhmaid [masculine] (Irish), pernambuco (Italian), варзило (varzilo) [neuter] (Macedonian), ybyrapytanga (Old Tupi), fernambuk [masculine] (Polish), brasil [masculine] (Portuguese), pau-brasil [masculine] (Portuguese), pernambuco [masculine] (Portuguese), fernambuc [neuter] (Romanian), pernambuc [neuter] (Romanian), palo Brasil [masculine] (Spanish), pau-Brasil [masculine] (Spanish), pernambuco [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brazilwood-en-noun-NIs~q5VK Disambiguation of Caesalpinia subfamily plants: 81 19 Disambiguation of Woods: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Old Tupi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Tupi translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'timber tree': 79 21
  2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree. Tags: uncountable, usually Hypernyms (the wood): dyewood
    Sense id: en-brazilwood-en-noun-wBWai53R Disambiguation of 'the wood': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: braziletto, brasilwood, brezel wood Hypernyms (the tree): dyewood
Disambiguation of 'the tree': 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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