brazilwood
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.04 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Sixthly, he manufactures in manner following a red writing ink, which is greatly superior to the common solutions from peach wood and Brazil wood, not only in permanent brilliancy of color, but also in its freedom from acid, and consequent fitness for use with steel pens."
- "He would take with him red brasilwood from the East Indies – a dye-wood that was so valued that when a few years later the Portuguese found it in the New World, they would name a country after it."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Brazil Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood English brazilwood From Brazil + wood.