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Meaning of cocobolo

cocobolo: It is the name of a fine wood tree in Panama. Elsewhere is known cocobolo prieto, funeram, granadillo, amber, namba, rosewood, black stick, urauna. In Nicaragua they call it palosanto. In Colombia the most commonly used name besides caviuna is granadillo . It belongs to the fabaceae family and its scientific name is Dalbergia retusa .; 1st_ Central American febrian tree, its wood is used in carpentry. 2nd_ Lynching . 3rd_ Raped , bald . By coconut ( "head" ) bolus ( "ball" ) .; Instrument used by the ganaaderos to lower livestock, ( part sierra of the 41 Peru; It consists of a soguilla of leather from cattle whose head is thick and ends in three lazillos, whose tips involves some billas of steel.