purpleheart

See also: Purple Heart and purple heart

English

Etymology

purple +‎ heart

Noun

purpleheart (plural purplehearts)

1. A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
2. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture

Synonyms

• purplewood

Translations

a large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies

• Portuguese: pau-violeta, roxinho m, guarabu m, barabu m
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the purplish heartwood of the purpleheart tree

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Further reading

• Peltogyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peltogyne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies