sucupiran.
/ˌsʊkəˈpiːərə/ 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.
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sucupira1924
wenge1963
1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 270 The woods commonly known as ‘sucupira’ are of a deep chocolate-brown color.
1950 Archit. Rev. 107 124 The photograph..shows..an office partition in ‘sucupira’, a rich purple hardwood.
1977 Transatlantic Rev. No. 60. 86 The colossal Ceibas, para nuts and sucupiras with their blue flowers high in the sun.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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