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brazil

The correct spelling is brazil.

How to pronounce brazil

/bɹə.ˈzɪl/
noun

IPA: /bɹə.ˈzɪl/

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The correct spelling is brazil. A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. For example: "I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl."

Usage Examples

I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood.
  2. 2.The hard, brown wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally the sappan, Biancaea sappan, of the East Indies, and later the brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata.
  3. 3.A Brazil nut.
  4. 4.A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

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