A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Recife

A hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.

(organic chemistry) The tropone 3,8-dimethyl-5-isopropyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-azulene-1,6-dione present in Croton argyroglossum