cocobolo

American  

[koh-kuh-boh-loh] / ˌkoʊ kəˈboʊ loʊ /

Also cocobola

noun

1. the hard, durable wood of any of several tropical trees of the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family, used for making furniture.

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Etymology

Origin of cocobolo

1840–50; < Spanish < Arawak kakaboli

Example Sentences

In April the sale of rosewood or cocobolo was suspended in Panama after it was found that much of it was flowing from illegal sources, and largely from the Darien.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2014

A skilled cabinetmaker, he built a pair of end tables from walnut, ash, cocobolo and padauk, steam-bent into curvy multicolored strips that look like pieces of luscious taffy.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2012

On the far wall at the ready is the source of the scent, piles of babunga, osage, cocobolo and Bolivian rosewood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Muir, 61, is a carver who penetrates a forest of woods: hard black walnut, violet kingwood, satiny lignum vitae, reddish cocobolo, Pernambuco wood, mahogany, apple, redwood and familiar trees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Exports of mahogany, cedar, and cocobolo have already begun.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon