Originally, the name of the hard brownish-red wood of an East Indian tree, known as Sappan (Cæsalpinia sappan), from which dyers obtain a red…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > brazil or braziletto (7) Brazilc1386 Originally, the name of the hard brownish-red wood of an East Indian tree, known as Sappan (Cæsalpinia sappan), from which dyers obtain a red… verzine1558 = verzino, n. verzino1588 Brazil-wood. braziletto1656 One or more species of dyewood, inferior to Brazil-wood, imported from Jamaica and adjacent islands (Cæsalpinia brasiliensisand crista; now… Jamaica wood1656 = braziletto, n. Lima-wood1864 Used attributively in the following names of products of Lima: Lima bark n. the bark of certain species of Cinchona; a kind of Peruvian bark. Lima… hypernic1897 A wood from one of several tropical American trees, esp. Hæmatoxylon brasiletto, or the red dye extracted from it. Also attributive. |
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