| Many trees change color once they are cut but the tropical American tree called purpleheart is especially famous for its chameleon-like quality. |
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| Each tapering leg is headed by an inlaid diamond-shaped panel of purpleheart, and also inlaid with boxwood, terminating in spade feet. |
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| Some of these trees, like mahogany, cocobolo and purpleheart, are endangered after generations of slashing and burning for cropland and pastures. |
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| This time, though, the verticals, steel rods each topped by a ram's-horn-like corkscrew of a wood called purpleheart, are below instead of above. |
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| The railings were of exotic purpleheart, the panelling of angelique, the floorboards of American pine, laid on wide-set joists to give them more spring and make them easy on the feet. |
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| Some of the woods used are walnut, oak, cherry, maple, sassafras, mahogony, butternut, elm, cedar, padouk and purpleheart. |
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| Check out its impressive sculptures, made from purpleheart timber, copper and Welsh slate and be inspired by the memory wall. |
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| Purpleheart or apitong wood are the way to go when replacing the decking. |
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