braziletto (brazileto)

[Pg. brazilete, brazil-wood; Sp. brasilete, F. brésillet, dim. of brasil, etc.: see brazil.] A wood resembling brazilwood, obtained from the West Indies and parts of Central America, from species of Cæsalpinia, C. crista and C. pectin at a, and the nearly allied Peltophorum Linnæi. It is used for dyeing and in cabinet-work. The bastard or false braziletto of the same region includes a number of different shrubs or trees, as Picramnia Antidesma, natural order Sima rubaceæ, the saxifragaceous Weinmannia pinnata, and the araliaceous Sciadophyllum capitatum. Brazilian (bra-zil'ian), a. and n. I. a. [ America. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Brazil. brazilin, braziline (braz'i-lin), n. [ brazil +-in2, -ine2; also written breziline , after F. brésiline .] A crystallizable coloring principle (C16H1405) obtained from brazil-wood. Also written brasilin , bras i line , breziline.