barwood

From bar +‎ wood, since it was imported from Africa in bars.

barwood (countable and uncountable, plural barwoods)

1. (uncountable) Red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for various other purposes such as ramrods, violin bows and handles for woodturning tools.

   Synonym: camwood

2. (countable) A tree of species Pterocarpus erinaceus.

   Synonym: African kino tree

• camwood

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• “barwood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.