pau-brasil

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See also: Pau Brasil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pau-brasil.

Noun

pau-brasil (uncountable)

  1. brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.

Portuguese

 pau-brasil on Portuguese Wikipedia
pau-brasil

Etymology

    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

     

    • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw

    Noun

    pau-brasil m (plural paus-brasil or paus-brasis)

    1. brazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pau-brasil
    2. (obsolete) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)
      Synonym: sapão