Pernambuco
Meanings
name
- A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife.
noun
- The hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
noun
- The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Pernambuco.
Derived words
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