pernambuco

Etymology

From the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.

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.”
The wood of Paubrasilia echinata.“Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.”