- kingwood tree
- nounBrazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood• Syn: ↑kingwood, ↑Dalbergia cearensis• Hypernyms: ↑tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Dalbergia, ↑genus Dalbergia• Substance Meronyms: ↑kingwood
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kingwood — noun 1. handsome violet streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑kingwood tree, ↑Dalbergia cearensis 2. Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
kingwood — [kiŋ′wood΄] n. 1. a hard, fine grained, violet tinted wood from a Brazilian tree (Dalbergia cearensis) of the pea family 2. the tree … English World dictionary
Kingwood, Houston, Texas — For Kinwood, Texas, see Kinwood Kingwood is a 14,000 acre (57 km²) master planned community located in northeast Houston, Texas. [ cite web url = http://www.kingwoodonline.com/index.php?option=com content task=view id=1 Itemid=2 title = Kingwood… … Wikipedia
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kingwood — /ˈkɪŋwʊd/ (say kingwood) noun 1. a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork. 2. the tree Dalbergia cearensis, which yields it. Also, violet wood …
kingwood — noun a) A Brazilian tree having a violet brown, hard texture b) The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking … Wiktionary
kingwood — noun Date: circa 1851 the wood of any of several tropical American leguminous trees (especially genus Dalbergia); especially the wood of a Brazilian tree (D. cearensis) used especially for furniture … New Collegiate Dictionary
kingwood — /king wood /, n. 1. a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used esp. in cabinetwork. 2. the tree of the genus Dalbergia that yields this wood. [1850 55; KING + WOOD1] * * * … Universalium
kingwood — king•wood [[t]ˈkɪŋˌwʊd[/t]] n. 1) fur a Brazilian wood streaked with violet, used esp. in cabinetwork 2) pln the tree, Dalbergia cearensis, of the pea family, that yields this wood • Etymology: 1850–55 … From formal English to slang
Dalbergia cearensis — noun Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood • Syn: ↑kingwood, ↑kingwood tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Dalbergia, ↑genus Dalbergia • … Useful english dictionary
