purpleheart

See also: Purple Heart and purple heart

English

Etymology

From purple +‎ heart.

Noun

purpleheart (countable and uncountable, plural purplehearts)

1. (countable) A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
2. 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