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kingwood

[ king-wood ]
/ ˈkɪŋˌwʊd /
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noun
a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
the tree of the genus Dalbergia that yields this wood.
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Origin of kingwood

First recorded in 1850–55; king + wood1

Words nearby kingwood

king vulture, Kingwana, king-whiting, King William Island, King William's War, kingwood, kinin, kininogen, kininogenase, kink, Kinkaid
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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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