I. bra·zil brəˈzil noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English brasile, from Old Spanish or Old Portuguese brasil, from brasa live coals; from the color of the wood — more at braze
1. : brazilwood
2. or brazil red : a dark reddish orange that is yellower, stronger, and slightly darker than average lacquer red and redder and stronger than ocher red or burnt sienna — called also roset
II. brazil adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Brazil, country in So. America
: of or from Brazil : of the kind or style prevalent in Brazil
III. braz·il ˈbrazə̇l noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably alteration of brass; from its yellow color
dialect England : iron pyrites ; also : coal containing much pyrites