Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barwood \Bar"wood`\, n.
   A red wood of a leguminous tree ({Baphia nitida}), from
   Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and
   also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Source : WordNet®

Baphia nitida
     n : small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood
         yielding a red dye [syn: {camwood}, {African sandalwood}]