noun
tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
• Syn: ↑brazilwood, ↑peachwood, ↑peach-wood, ↑pernambuco wood
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinia, ↑genus Caesalpinia
• Substance Meronyms: ↑brazilwood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.