pernambuco in English
noun
1
the hard reddish timber of a Brazilian tree, used for making violin bows and as a source of red dye.
Modern bows are made of pernambuco , but as this becomes increasingly expensive and difficult to obtain some makers are experimenting with carbon fibre and other synthetics.
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1. From the Backlands of Pernambuco and Bahai, they followed their herds into Piaui looking for grazing land
2. A solution to the Albian fit challenge between the South American and African plates based on key magmatic and sedimentary events late in the rifting phase in the Pernambuco and Paraíba basins Author links open overlay panel Renato M