zebrawood

Noun
Synonyms: zebrawood tree

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
  2. any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped woodSynonyms: zebrawood tree
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Zebrawood \Ze"bra*wood`\, n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis). (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans). (c) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda. [1913 Webster]
Araroba \Ar`a*ro"ba\, n. [Tupi.]

1.Goa powder. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also zebrawood. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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