pernambuco
Collocations
4ADJ.
coastal, different, smallest
VERB + PERNAMBUCO
state
PERNAMBUCO + NOUN
wood
PREP.
from
Definitions
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.
When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.
[P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
noun
The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.
Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
- recife
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.
Wiktionary[P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
WiktionaryPernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.
WiktionaryThe total area of Portugal would fit, with room to spare, within the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, the seventh smallest state in Brazil.
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