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Meaning of brazil

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

brazil

Pronunciation:/bɹə.ˈzɪl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.

  2. The hard, brown wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally the sappan, Biancaea sappan, of the East Indies, and later the brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata.

  3. A Brazil nut.

    Example: I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.

  4. A seam of coal containing iron pyrites