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 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > brazil trees or wood (4) 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… Pernambuco1595 More fully Pernambuco wood. The hard, reddish wood of a tropical American tree, Caesalpinia echinata, of the family Caesalpiniaceae (Leguminosae)… sapan1598 A dye-wood yielding a red dye, obtained from trees belonging to the genus Cæsalpinia, indigenous to tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago, esp. C.… braziletto1656 One or more species of dyewood, inferior to Brazil-wood, imported from Jamaica and adjacent islands (Cæsalpinia brasiliensisand crista; now… |
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