pau-ferro

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpawˈfɛ.ʁu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpawˈfɛ.ʁu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpawˈfɛ.ʁo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpawˈfɛ.ʁu/

Hyphenation: pau‧fer‧ro

Noun

pau-ferro m (plural paus-ferro or paus-ferros)

ironwood (any of several trees characterised by particularly solid wood), including
1. Brazilian ironwood (Libidibia ferrea)
2. snake bean (Bobgunnia madagascariensis)
3. trees of species Zollernia paraensis and Zollernia ilicifolia
4. Ceylon ironwood (Mesua ferrea)

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