kingwood

American  

[king-wood] / ˈkɪŋˌwʊd /

noun

1. a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.

2. the tree of the genus Dalbergia that yields this wood.

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kingwood British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of kingwood

First recorded in 1850–55; king + wood ¹

Example Sentences

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

Another fine specimen illustrated on page 170 is the small cabinet made of kingwood, with fine ormolu mounts, and some beautiful Sêvres plaques.

From Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time by Litchfield, Frederick