palisander

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This table was of palisander wood and supported by the semblance of a swan.

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  • The walls all around were wainscoted with palisander. —  Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
  • This table was of palisander wood and supported by the semblance of a swan. —  The Poor Plutocrats
  • of wood yields about three ounces of oil Ground rose-wood is valuable as a basis in the manufacture of sachet powders for perfuming the wardrobe The French have given the name jacaranda to rose-wood, under the idea that the plant called jacaranda by the Brazilians yields it, which is not the case; "the same word has perhaps been the origin of palisander--palixander, badly written." —  The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
  • The French have given the name jacaranda to rose-wood, under the idea that the plant called jacaranda by the Brazilians yields it, which is not the case; "the same word has perhaps been the origin of palisander -- palixander, badly written." —  The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants
  • Ebony concert fingerboard with 29 freets under E. - type Classico C has round bottom with 31 palisander channelled ribs; concert ebony fingerboard with 29 frets under E. - type Classico B has round bottom with 31 white maple not channelled; concert ebony fingerboard with 29 frets under E. - type Classico A has an engraved neck with: a) inside machine-head; —  Mandolin Cafe News
 

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  1. Also palixander; from Frenchpalissandre, palixandre, violet ebony; from a native name in Guiana.
 

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