Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Any of several African or tropical American trees having striped wood.
- n. The wood of any of these trees, used in cabinetmaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Any wood with a figure (grain pattern) like the striping of a zebra, most often wood of the genus Microberlinia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis).
- n. The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).
- n. The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The wood of Connarus Guianensis (Omphalobium Lambertii), of the Connaraceæ, a tall tree of Guiana; also, the tree itself. The wood is hard and beautifully marked, and is much sought for use in making furniture.
- n. The wood of a small evergreen, Guettarda speciosa, of the Rubiaceæ, found on tropical shores in both hemispheres.
- n. In the West Indies, a shrub or small tree, Myrtus (Eugenia) fragrans, var. cuneata.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
- n. any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
Etymologies
Examples
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Clint works with wood, especially exotic varieties such as zebrawood, with its dramatic stripes reminiscent of the hide of its namesake animal.
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"Curve XXVI" and "Curve XXVII" (both 1982, and topping out well above the official height of a basketball rim), are slabs of red oak, while the slightly shorter "Curve XLII" and "Curve XLIII" (both 1984) have been fashioned, respectively, from zebrawood and African sapele.
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Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal The zebrawood kitchen has two Sub-Zero refrigerators, two dishwashers and a built-in margarita machine, shown here.
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To do that, Mr. Dunkelman outfitted the zebrawood kitchen with two Sub-Zero refrigerators, two dishwashers and the frozen-drink machine, which can hold six-gallons of whatever cocktail concoction strikes the fancy.
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The project also offers zebrawood cabinets, Italian porcelain tile and radiant heat in some bathroom floors.
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They have an extensive collection of cubes in a variety of finishes like aluminum, zebrawood, and mahagony.
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African zebrawood and black Japanese tatami flooring line the three identical corridors that house the guest rooms.
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He gestured to a pair of zebrawood doors striped in pale and vivid green.
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Blackthorn Acacia mellifera and zebrawood Dalbergia melanoxylon dominate in the drier conditions beside Lake Eyasi.
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I'm jealous of that koa/zebrawood chest, by the way
Hawaiian Adventure Day 8: Akaka falls, woodwork and the best breakfast in the USA
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