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Definition of Purpleheart
1. n. A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (Copaifera pubiflora, Copaifera bracteata, and Copaifera officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
Definition of Purpleheart
1. Noun. A large tropical tree, of the genus ''Peltogyne'', native to parts of South America and the West Indies ¹
2. Noun. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purpleheart
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purpleheart
Literary usage of Purpleheart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"The specimens sent are from a tree supposed to be about 50 years old.] BUCHANAN, A.
86, 86a purpleheart, transverse and vertical sections, ..."
2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"BUCHANAN, A. 86, R6<i purpleheart, transverso and vertical ... [Like the greenheart,
the purpleheart tree of Demorara belongs to the natural order ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"purpleheart has been exported from British Guiana and neighboring islands. 11.
Balsamo; Balsamo de Tolu (Colombia) ; Oleo or Cabreuva (Brazil) ; Incienso ..."
4. The Timbers of Commerce and Their Identification by Herbert Stone (1904)
"purpleheart. Copaifera sp. PLATE VI. FIG. 47. Natural Order. Leguminoseae.
Synonyms. See No. ... Difficult to distinguish from Deme- rara purpleheart also. ..."
5. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1897)
"We have inspected the goods and report as follows : — to Logs purpleheart- —
These are a very fair lot, but some of them should have been made more square. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Empire Society, London (1874)
"He would also like to ascertain whether the Greenheart and purpleheart were
rapidly-growing trees. The Crown might have the foresight to replant districts, ..."
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