- 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. This 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...
- as a
source of
Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata) used in
Europe for dyes.
These Amerindians were
eager to
harvest and
exchange brazilwood for axes, fishhooks...
-
expedition reported the
discovery of an
abundance of
brazilwood (pau-brasil) on the coast.
Brazilwood was
highly valued by the
European cloth industry as...
- history, the
economic exploitation of the
territory was
based first on
brazilwood (pau brazil)
extraction (16th century),
which gave the
territory its name;...
-
English include sappanwood and
Indian redwood.
Sappanwood is
related to
brazilwood (P. echinata), and was
originally called "brezel wood" in Europe.[citation...
-
native Caquetíos.
Vespucci returned to
Spain with
stocks of
cotton and
brazilwood from the
island and
described houses built into the ocean.[citation needed]...
- due to the
exploitation of
native brazilwood, at that time the only
export of the land. In Portuguese,
brazilwood is
called pau-brasil, with the word...
- peppers, jalapeños,
paprika and
chili peppers);
sunflower seeds; rubber;
brazilwood; chicle; tobacco; coca; manioc, blueberries, cranberries, and some species...