caesalpinia sappan

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caesalpinia sappan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sapan wood \Sa*pan" wood\ [Malay sapang.] (Bot.)
     A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny
     leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands.
     It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also sappan wood.]
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  Redwood \Red"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
     (a) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of
         California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
         Sequoia.
     (b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus   santalinus
         , Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other
         trees.
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     Note: The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides;
           that of some parts of tropical America, several species
           of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of
           Humirium.
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