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sucupira|ˌsʊkəˈpiːərə|
[a. Pg., f. Tupi sucupira.]
A dark brown hardwood obtained from trees of the genus Bowdichia or Diplotropis, both native to South America, esp. Brazil, and belonging to the family Leguminosæ; also, a tree of either of these genera.
1924Record & Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 270 The woods commonly known as ‘sucupira’ are of a deep chocolate-brown color. 1950Archit. Rev. CVII. 124 The photograph..shows..an office partition in ‘sucupira’, a rich purple hardwood. 1977Transatlantic Rev. lx. 86 The colossal Ceibas, para nuts and sucupiras with their blue flowers high in the sun. |