kingwood

[ king-wood ]

noun

1. a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
2. the tree of the genus Dalbergia that yields this wood.

kingwood

/ ˈkɪŋˌwʊd /

noun

1. the hard fine-grained violet-tinted wood of a Brazilian leguminous tree, Dalbergia cearensis, used in cabinetwork
2. the tree yielding this wood

Word History and Origins

Origin of kingwood¹

First recorded in 1850–55; king + wood ¹