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A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Â© A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Brazil-wood See CAESALPINIA.

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	CITES Endorses Plan to Save Brazilwood News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/7/2007; 613 words ; ...overwhelmingly supported protecting brazilwood, or pau brasil in Portuguese, rejected...support for its plan to regulate trade in brazilwood timber by delegates at the triennial...delegation. A single violin bow carved from brazilwood can sell for up to $5,000, the World...
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	BOWS R US Magazine article from: Strings; 11/1/2005; ; 687 words ; ...typically fiberglass or Chinese-made brazilwood and should at least meet the minimum...At best you may find a good quality brazilwood stick with a fully lined ebony frog...this range are typically better-grade brazilwood, made in China or Germany, or, increasingly...
	bows on a budget Magazine article from: Strings; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...virtually indestructible. Brazilwood is a generic term for hardwoods...Pernambuco is a single genus of brazilwood, and it grows only in one...the coast of Brazil. Other brazilwoods grow more widely and make...bows. Excellent-quality brazilwood can be as good or better...
	AROUND THE WORLD Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/8/2007; ; 660 words ; ...deserves. * Protection given to brazilwood THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The...overwhelmingly supported protecting brazilwood, or pau brasil in Portuguese, rejected...support for its plan to regulate trade in brazilwood** timber by delegates at the triennial...
	Bloodwood is very hard, very tough and very red.(Wood of the Month) Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...clearly demarcated. Bloodwood, of satine, is also called Brazilwood, which can be confusing, since so many woods share this...bois satine, satine urbane, satine urbane, cardinal wood, Brazilwood, satinee, satine rouge, conduru, satinjoul, legno satino...
	AXL Music introduces new finishing process. (Product News). Magazine article from: Music Trades; 8/1/2002; 548 words ; ...suggested retail, $695), and the PSI085-VC at $229 (suggested retail, $1,395). All three instruments have Brazilwood octagonal bows with an ebony frog. For the best protection and value, AXL will be shipping these instruments in ABS cases...
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	Strapline for Purelife.(Brief article) Magazine article from: Design Week; 11/29/2007; 700+ words ; ...gets across a serious message.' The wool range is made from 100 per cent organic cotton, using natural dyes such as Brazilwood, and is available across Europe and North America. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors
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