dye
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№ 053TreesBrazilwood: The Tree That Named a Country and Voices the Violin
A red-dye tree so coveted it gave Brazil its name — and whose dense, resonant wood makes the finest violin bows in the world, a demand that has now driven the tree itself to the edge of extinction.
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№ 166TreesGenipap: The Fruit That Paints the Skin Blue
A tropical American tree whose green fruit yields a clear juice that turns deep blue-black on the skin — the body paint of Amazonian peoples, indelible for days, alongside a fruit made into drinks and preserves.
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№ 246TreesLogwood: The Dye Tree That Colours Cells Under the Microscope
A thorny Central American tree whose heartwood gave the world its great black and purple dye — fought over by pirates and empires — and still stains almost every microscope slide of human tissue examined today.
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