Bar·wood n. A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
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Baphia nitida
n : small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood
yielding a red dye [syn: camwood, African sandalwood]