kingwood

[ king-woo d ]
/ ˈkɪŋˌwʊd /

noun

a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
the tree of the genus Dalbergia that yields this wood.

Origin of kingwood

First recorded in 1850–55; king + wood1

Words nearby kingwood

kingsville, kingswood, kingtehchen, kingu, kingwana, kingwood, kinin, kininogen, kininogenase, kink, kinkaid

British Dictionary definitions for kingwood

kingwood
/ (ˈkɪŋˌwʊd) /

noun

the hard fine-grained violet-tinted wood of a Brazilian leguminous tree, Dalbergia cearensis, used in cabinetwork
the tree yielding this wood