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purpleheart

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See also: Purple Heart and purple heart

English

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Etymology

From purple +‎ heart.

Pronunciation

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Noun

purpleheart (countable and uncountable, plural purplehearts)

(countable) A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
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

the purplish heartwood of the purpleheart tree

Bulgarian: палисандър m (palisandǎr)

Further reading

Peltogyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Peltogyne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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