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dyewood

American

[dahy-wood] / ˈdaɪˌwʊd /

noun

any wood yielding a coloring matter used for dyeing. dyeing.

dyewood British

/ ˈdaɪˌwʊd /

noun

any wood, such as brazil, from which dyes and pigments can be obtained

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Etymology

Origin of dyewood

First recorded in 1690–1700; dye + wood ¹

Example Sentences

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Not only is the one leg wobbly: it might some day wither altogether and go the way of dyewood, sugar, gold and rubber.

From Time Magazine Archive

Louis Siebold.—The recent development in the preparation of dyewood extracts, with notes of their adulterations.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

"Mahogany and dyewood, when it's to be got."

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

The deck was piled with a load of dyewood, which they had bought rather with the object of accounting for their cruise than for the profit that might be made on it.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

Barwood, a dyewood obtained from Pterocarpus angolensis, a tall tree of West Africa.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

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