zebrawood

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {zebrawood tree}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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.]

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