📖 中文释义
- [化] 巴西红木
- [医] 巴西苏木, 猬毛云实
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called
- before the discovery of America.
- A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from
- Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing.
- The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree;
- but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the
- timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as
- Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.