Zebrawood

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zebrawood \Ze"bra*wood`\, n.
     (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and
         whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree
         ({Connarus Guianensis}).
     (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia
         fragrans}).


     (c) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus {Guettarda}.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Araroba \Ar`a*ro"ba\, n. [Tupi.]
     1. Goa powder.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil ({Centrolobium robustum})
        having handsomely striped wood; -- called also
        {zebrawood}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  zebrawood
       n 1: handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree;
            used especially for cabinetwork
       2: any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped
          wood [syn: {zebrawood tree}]