zebrawood

Noun
  1. Handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree;
    Used especially for cabinetwork (synset 111766529)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: zebrawood, zebrawood tree - any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
  2. Any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood (synset 111766286)
    is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    subtypes:
    • connarus guianensis - tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork
    • arariba, centrolobium robustum - Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood
    • eugenia dicrana, nakedwood - tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood
    • astronium fraxinifolium, goncalo alves - tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction
    • marble-wood, marblewood - hard marbled wood
    substance holonym: zebrawood - handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
    same as: zebrawood tree

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