bracelet wood

9.9

A small tree or bush with hard yellow and brown seeds used to make bracelets

noun

: madera de pulsera

The locals collect the seeds of the bracelet wood to craft colorful jewelry.

Examples

The botanical garden features a rare specimen of bracelet wood near the entrance.
She wore a necklace made from the patterned seeds of the bracelet wood.
I bought a beautiful bracelet wood piece from the local market.
The artisan crafted a stunning bracelet wood necklace.
The locals collect the seeds of the bracelet wood to craft colorful jewelry.
She wore a necklace made from the patterned seeds of the bracelet wood.
The botanical garden features a rare specimen of bracelet wood near the entrance.

Synonyms

Jacquinia armillaris

vsbracelet wood

Specialized

9.9

A small shrub or tree from the West Indies with hard glossy yellow-brown seeds used to make bracelets

is the common everyday name rather than the scientific botanical form

Surface Forms

bracelet wood singular

bracelet woods plural

Morphology

bracelet + wood

The compound 'bracelet wood' is compositionally built from 'bracelet' + 'wood' and would be interpreted by a B1 learner as a type of wood associated with bracelets or used to make bracelets. While specific botanical details (West Indian shrub, patterned seeds) are not derivable, the basic meaning — a kind of wood related to bracelets — is directly inferable from the constituents.

Etymology

The noun bracelet wood comes from a small West Indian tree whose hard, shiny seeds have brown and yellow patterns and were used as beads to make bracelets. That's why the name points to the plant whose seeds make 'jewelry'.