hypernic
(ˈhaɪpənɪk, haɪˈpɜːnɪk)
[f. hyper- + Nic(aragua.]
A wood from one of several tropical American trees, esp. Hæmatoxylon brasiletto, or the red dye extracted from it. Also attrib.
| 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xlii. 567 Take 10 lbs. hypernic chips... Add the hypernic solution by degrees. 1924 Record & Mell Timbers Tropical Amer. 247 The wood [of Haematoxylon brasiletto] from Nicaragua is known..in the trade as Nicaragua wood or ‘hypernic’, the latter term coined to indicate a superlative quality of the wood from that country, but subsequently applied rather indiscriminately to any red dyewood or dyewood extract. 1971 R. J. Adrosko Nat. Dyes & Home Dyeing 26 Besides being called by the other common names for brazil⁓wood, braziletto was also known as Nicaragua wood and hypernick. |