zebrawood

/ˈzibrəˌwʊd/

Definitions of zebrawood

1. noun

   any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
   synonyms: zebrawood tree

   types:

   Connarus guianensis

   tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork

   Centrolobium robustum, arariba

   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

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. noun

   handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
   type of:

   wood

   the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees