ZEBRAWOOD

• ZEBRAWOOD (noun)
  The noun ZEBRAWOOD has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: ZEBRAWOOD used as a noun is rare.

• ZEBRAWOOD (noun)

Meaning:

Handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("zebrawood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("zebrawood" is a substance of...):

zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)

Meaning:

Any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

zebrawood tree; zebrawood

Hypernyms ("zebrawood" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "zebrawood"):

zebrawood (handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zebrawood"):

Connarus guianensis (tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork)

arariba; Centrolobium robustum (Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood)

Eugenia dicrana; nakedwood (tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood)

Astronium fraxinifolium; goncalo alves (tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction)

marble-wood; marblewood (hard marbled wood)