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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A red dyewood obtained from Sierra Leone and Angola, Africa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Etymologies

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bar +‎ wood?

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