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Definition of Marblewood
1. Noun. Hard marbled wood.
Generic synonyms: Zebrawood, Zebrawood Tree
Substance meronyms: Andaman Marble, Diospyros Kurzii, Marble-wood
2. Noun. Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood.
Group relationships: Diospyros, Genus Diospyros
Terms within: Marble-wood
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marblewood
Literary usage of Marblewood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... East India koa, marblewood, East India rosewood, satinwood, camphor wood,
teak, Circassian walnut and eight different kinds of mahogany. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[North Hants, Eng.] marblewood (mär'bl-wud), ». A large tree of the ebony family,
Diox/ii/m- l\m-ii, native in British Burma and the Andaman Islands. ..."
3. Carpentry and Building (1905)
"Among these trees may be mentioned the rosewood, tulipwood, yellow- wood, white
maple, white beech, myall, marblewood, ..."
4. Timber by James Rae Baterden (1908)
"Stripe," so conspicuous in the beautiful Andaman " marblewood." which is grey
with a dark purple or black stripe, is also spoken of as " figure. ..."
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