camwood

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye

From Temne k'am + English wood.

The trade of these regions consists of an exchange of tropical products--palm-oil, rubber, ebony, camwood, ivory, and hides--for cloth, tobacco, fire-arms, beads and trinkets, and preserved foods. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
Still, she must have looked really engaging in a thin pattern of tattoo, a gauze work of oil and camwood, a dwarf pigeon tail of fan palm for an apron, and copper bracelets and anklets. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright

African sandalwood, Baphia nitida

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