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

        caesalpinia echinata
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        Examples for "brazilwood"
        Examples for "brazilwood"
        1
        A guard stationed at the front gate heard the huge brazilwood door open.
        Serena
        1
        He wrote to a bowmaker across the sea and asked for something different from pernambuco wood.
        Dagmar's daughter
        1
        Well, now, William and Mrs. Peachwood... I'm just going to ask you both a few questions.
        The summer of riley
        2
        Woodie was Mr. Peachwood, Peachie's husband.
        The summer of riley
        3
        Peachwood has lodged a complaint.
        The summer of riley
        4
        "That's Mrs. Peachwood's house," I told Riley, as we passed our next-door neighbor's.
        The summer of riley
        5
        "Would that be Mrs. Peachwood, the, shall we say, instigator of this whole affair?"
        The summer of riley
        6
        Mrs. Peachwood, as I understand it, your horse...
        The summer of riley