- Brazil. It is a
Brazilian timber tree
commonly known as
Pernambuco wood or
brazilwood (Portuguese: pau-de-pernambuco, pau-brasil; Tupi: ybyrapytanga) and is...
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shortened form of
Terra do
Brasil ("Land of Brazil"), a
reference to the
brazilwood tree. The name was
given in the
early 16th
century to the territories...
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first explored Brazil,
French traders in
search of pau-brasil (a type of
brazilwood)
reached the rich area
extending from the Cape Frio
coast to the beaches...
- from the
Portuguese word for
brazilwood, a tree that once grew
plentifully along the
Brazilian coast. In Portuguese,
brazilwood is
called pau-brasil, with...
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previously ascribed to the
genus Caesalpinia.
Sappanwood is
related to
brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata), and was
itself called brasilwood in the Middle...
- of Tordesillas,
encouraged the
practice of
looting for the
barter of
brazilwood and
supported the
attempts to
colonize the
coast of Rio de
Janeiro in...
- the wood to
Europe during the
early Middle Ages. Later,
discovery of
brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata) in the new
world led to its rise in po****rity...
- Pau-Brasil ('Manifesto of Pau-Brasil Poetry,' also
translated as 'Manifesto of
Brazilwood Poetry') is a
Portuguese language article by
Brazilian author, Oswald...
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Brazil nut oil: The
lumber from
Brazil nut
trees (not to be
confused with
Brazilwood) is of
excellent quality,
having diverse uses from
flooring to
heavy construction...
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economic activities of the
territory were
based first on
brazilwood extraction (
brazilwood cycle),
which gave the
territory its name;
sugar production...
