Brazil wood

📖 中文释义

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