- A hard reddish brown wood - A hardwood used in furniture - A hog got into many a timber - Dark wood - Hard wood - Reddish furniture wood - Reddish-brown wood
- A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown,
and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus
Guianensis). - The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
fragrans). - The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.
- The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called
before the discovery of America. - A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from
Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing.
The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree;
but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the
timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as
Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named.