handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
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any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood
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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}.
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.]