1. Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
   "The luthier selected high-quality brazilwood for crafting violin bows"
    
2. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
   "brazilwood was historically important in the textile industry for its red dye";
   - peachwood, peach-wood, pernambuco wood, Caesalpinia echinata

Derived forms: brazilwoods

Type of: tree, wood

Part of: Caesalpinia, genus Caesalpinia

Encyclopedia: Brazilwood