pau-brasil
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See also: Pau Brasil
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pau-brasil.
Noun
Etymology
Etymology tree
From pau (“stick, wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”). The term originally refered to an Asian species of dyewood, but changed to the current sense after the discovery of Brazil.
Pronunciation
Noun
pau-brasil m (plural paus-brasil or paus-brasis)
- brazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pau-brasil
- (obsolete) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)
- Synonym: sapão
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