kingwood

[king-woo d]

noun

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

the tree of the genus Dalbergia that yields this wood.

Origin of kingwood

First recorded in 1850–55; king + wood¹

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British Dictionary definitions for kingwood

kingwood

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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