- red brazilwood
- бразильское красное дерево
English-Russian dictionary of leather and footwear industry. проф., д-р техн. наук Г. Арбузов, к.т.н. А. Михайлова, И. Качко, к-т. фил.н. Я. Смирницкая.
English-Russian dictionary of leather and footwear industry. проф., д-р техн. наук Г. Арбузов, к.т.н. А. Михайлова, И. Качко, к-т. фил.н. Я. Смирницкая.
brazilwood — [brə zil′wood΄] n. [see BRAZIL] a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows … English World dictionary
Brazilwood — Taxobox name = Brazilwood status = EN | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 250px image caption = An adult specimen in a square in Vitória, Brazil. regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia =… … Wikipedia
Brazilwood — Brazil wood Bra*zil wood , Brazilwood Bra*zil wood (br[.a]*z[i^]l w[oo^]d ). [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. {Braze}, {Brasier}); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brazilwood — noun 1. heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑peachwood, ↑peach wood, ↑pernambuco wood, ↑Caesalpinia echinata 2. tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood … Useful english dictionary
brazilwood — /breuh zil wood /, n. 1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Caesalpinia, as C. echinata, having wood from which a red dye is obtained. 2. the wood of such a tree. [1550 60; BRAZIL + WOOD1] * * * dense, compact dyewood from any of… … Universalium
brazilwood — noun Etymology: Spanish brasil, from brasa live coals (from the wood s color), probably of Germanic origin; akin to Swedish brasa fire Date: 1559 the heavy wood of any of various tropical leguminous trees (especially genus Caesalpinia) that is… … New Collegiate Dictionary
brazilwood — n. type of tropical tree from which a red dye is produced; wood of that tree … English contemporary dictionary
brazilwood — bra•zil•wood [[t]brəˈzɪlˌwʊd[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several tropical trees of the genus Caesalpinia, of the legume family, as C. echinata, having a wood used to make violins and from which a red dye is obtained 2) cvb the wood of such a tree •… … From formal English to slang
Indigenous peoples of the Americas — Red Indian redirects here. For the native inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland known for using red ochre, see Beothuk. Indigenous peoples of the Americas … Wikipedia
Caesalpinia echinata — An adult specimen in a square in Vitória, Brazil. Conservation status … Wikipedia
Name of Brazil — The etymology of Brazil stems from brazilwood, its earliest commercially exploited product. In Portuguese brazilwood is called pau brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology red like an ember , formed from Latin brasa ( ember ) and … Wikipedia