definitions

kingwood

[ king-woo d ]
/ ˈkɪŋˌwʊd /

noun

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

Nearby words

kingsville, kingswood, kingtehchen, kingu, kingwana, kingwood, kinin, kininogen, kininogenase, kink, kinkaid

Origin of kingwood

First recorded in 1850–55; king + wood1
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British Dictionary definitions for kingwood

kingwood

/ (ˈkɪŋˌwʊd) /

noun

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