Brazilwood

Origin

brazil + wood

Full definition of brazilwood

Noun

brazilwood

(countable and uncountable; plural brazilwoods)

(usually uncountable) A Brazilian timber tree, , used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
(uncountable) The wood of such tree.

Synonyms

(Caesalpina echinata) pau-brasil,

Hypernyms

(the tree) dyewood
(the wood) dyewood