Pernambuco

Definitions

1. The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.
   uncountable
2. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
3. The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell⟳ was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.”

“[P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron⟳ – became the favoured material for good bows.”

“Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.”

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