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Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.

Poinciana :: Poinciana (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments..

Nicker Nut :: Nicker nut () A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray..

Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..

Transalpine :: Transalpine (n.) A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy..

Thaliacea :: Thaliacea (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum..

Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named..

Redwood :: Redwood (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees..

Drill :: Drill (n.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea..

Salpid :: Salpid (n.) A salpa.

Salpae :: Salpae (pl. ) of Salp.

Sculpin :: Sculpin (n.) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa..

Salpian :: Salpian (n.) Alt. of Salpi.

Salpicon :: Salpicon (n.) Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce..

Stock :: Stock (n.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc..

Flamboyer :: Flamboyer (n.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia..

Gaul :: Gaul (n.) The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul)..

Trans- :: Trans- () A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure..

Sapan Wood :: Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood..

Rubicon :: Rubicon (n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar..

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