Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The wood of a tropical American tree.It is used in the making of clarinets, flutes and other wind instruments.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin American Spanish

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word grenadillo.

Examples

  • A shot of the maestro surrounded by wood stash, holding some select Old Standard (the OS farwood pile is just an hour west) red spruce and grenadillo from Hibdon hardwood in St. Louis:

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • A shot of the maestro surrounded by wood stash, holding some select Old Standard (the OS farwood pile is just an hour west) red spruce and grenadillo from Hibdon hardwood in St. Louis:

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.