zebrawood (redirected from zebrawoods)

ze·bra·wood  (zbr-wd)

n.

1. Any of several African or tropical American trees having striped wood.

2. The wood of any of these trees, used in cabinetmaking.

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zebrawood [ˈzɛbrəˌwʊd ˈziː-]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tree, Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, Asia, and Africa, yielding striped hardwood used in cabinetwork: family Connaraceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other trees or shrubs having striped wood

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	zebrawood - handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork zebrawood tree, zebrawood - any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	zebrawood - any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood zebrawood tree zebrawood - handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork 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 tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms