<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Maracaibo boxwood</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31470090</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:06:31</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">boxwood, Maracaibo</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">zapatero</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Wood of the species Casearia praecox, native to the West Indies, Venezuela, and Colombia. The wood ranges in color from lemon-yellow to almost white, with little or no distinction between sapwood and heartwood. It is used in the making of shuttles, spindles, piano keys, and mathematical instruments. It is often died black to resemble ebony.  ]]></dc:description></metadata>