- Forest. It is a
Brazilian timber tree
commonly known as
Pernambuco wood or
brazilwood (Portuguese: pau-de-pernambuco, pau-brasil; Tupi: Ibirapitanga) and is...
-
shortened form of
Terra do
Brasil ("Land of Brazil"), a
reference to the
brazilwood tree. The name was
given in the
early 16th
century to the territories...
- from the
Portuguese word for
brazilwood, a tree that once grew
plentifully along the
Brazilian coast. In Portuguese,
brazilwood is
called pau-brasil, with...
- history, the
economic exploitation of the
territory was
based first on
brazilwood (pau brazil)
extraction (16th century),
which gave the
territory its name;...
- peppers, jalapeños,
paprika and
chili peppers);
sunflower seeds; rubber;
brazilwood; chicle; tobacco; coca; blueberries, cranberries, and some
species of...
-
expedition reported the
discovery of an
abundance of
brazilwood (pau-brasil) on the coast.
Brazilwood was
highly valued by the
European cloth industry as...
-
between Olinda and Recife.
According to others,
pernambuco was the name of
brazilwood in
local indigenous languages at the time of
first contact, as the tree...
- the wood to
Europe during the
early Middle Ages. Later,
discovery of
brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata) in the new
world led to its rise in po****rity...
-
English include sappanwood and
Indian redwood.
Sappanwood is
related to
brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata), and was
originally called "brezel wood" in Europe...
-
essential oil: The
lumber from
Brazil nut
trees (not to be
confused with
Brazilwood) is of
excellent quality,
having diverse uses from
flooring to
heavy construction...
