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1. handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork

2. Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood

1. : the wood of any of various trees especially of the genus Dalbergia; specifically : a handsome Brazilian wood from a tree (D. cearensis) of Ceará

2. : a tree that yields kingwood

3. : goncalo alves 2

/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]

kingˈwood noun

1. A beautiful Brazilian wood also called violet-wood

2. The papilionaceous tree yielding it, a species of Dalbergia

Main Entry: ↑king