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Definition of Baphia nitida

1. Noun. Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Baphia Nitida

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Literary usage of Baphia nitida

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1. The River Congo: From Its Mouth to Bólóbó; with a General Description of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1895)
"... descending in glittering drops on the tree-covered baphia nitida. islands, and forming under the sun's rays fitful gleams of rainbow colours that at ..."

2. Sketch of the Forestry of West Africa with Particular Reference to Its by Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney (1887)
"Botanists—at least some—give out that camwood and barwood are obtained from the baphia nitida- The different colouring given in description, ..."

3. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Bambusa Arundinacea, Bamia moschata,* Banisteria angulosa, Banksia Abyssinica, baphia nitida, Baptisia alba, " Australis, " leucantha,* " tinctoria, ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1892)
"... known as bar wood or cam wood from baphia nitida, a tree growing on the West Coast of Africa, and used by the native women for painting their bodies. ..."

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