Definition of Caesalpinia echinata

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caesalpinia Echinata

Caen
Caen stone
Caen stones
Caenolestes
Caenolestidae
Caenorhabditis
Caernarfonshire
Caernarvonshire
Caerphilly
Caesalpinia
Caesalpinia bonduc
Caesalpinia bonducella
Caesalpinia coriaria
Caesalpinia decapetala
Caesalpinia echinata (current term)
Caesalpinia ferrea
Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Caesalpinia sepiaria
Caesalpiniaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Caesar
Caesar's agaric
Caesar's mushroom
Caesar's mushrooms
Caesar cipher
Caesar salad
Caesar salads
Caesarea

Literary usage of Caesalpinia echinata

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

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Caesalpinia crista, Linné. West-Indies and Carolina. This shrub or tree furnishes a yellow dye-wood. Caesalpinia echinata. Lamarck. Brazil. ..."

2. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"It is the heart, or central part, of a large Brasilian tree, the caesalpinia echinata. Other dyeing woods had, however, been previously known under the name ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"... Calycanthus, Caesalpinia echinata, &o. Oil and mucilage-tubes also occur in the wood of some ..."

4. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1908)
"... Ipecacuanha, Pilo- carpus, Jacaranda or rose-wood, Dialium ferrum, Caesalpinia echinata giving Brazil dye-wood, and Araucaria flourish. ..."

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