Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
palisander .
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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 George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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