Definition of Peach-wood

1. Noun. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.

Exact synonyms: Brazilwood, Caesalpinia Echinata, Peachwood, Pernambuco Wood
Group relationships: Caesalpinia, Genus Caesalpinia
Terms within: Brazilwood
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peach-wood

peaceless
peacelessness
peacemakers
peacemaking
peacemakings
peacemonger
peacemongering
peacemongers
peacenik
peaceniks
peaces
peacetime
peacetimes
peach
peach-leaved willow
peach-wood (current term)
peach bell
peach bells
peach blight
peach blossom
peach ice cream
peach kernel oil
peach melba
peach orchard
peach palm
peach palms
peach pit
peach sauce
peach tree
peachblow

Literary usage of Peach-wood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Killing of Plant Tissue by Low Temperature by William Henry Chandler (1914)
"Peach Wood Killing. As mentioned previously, on some years the peach wood is badly injured. Generally this injury follows very severe cold winters with ..."

2. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1841)
"... they possess but little fixity when thus formed, they are denominated Uw fugitive colours. 1. Red is made Irani Brazil wood and peach wood. 2. Black. ..."

3. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"Nicaragua, or Peach Wood, called by the French Bois de Sainte Marthe. ... The woods sold under the name of Nicaragua, or peach wood, differ greatly in their ..."

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