The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Connarus guianensis — noun tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork • Hypernyms: ↑zebrawood, ↑zebrawood tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Connarus, ↑genus Connarus … Useful english dictionary
Connarus — noun large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae • Syn: ↑genus Connarus • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales • Member Mer … Useful english dictionary
genus Connarus — noun large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae • Syn: ↑Connarus • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Connaraceae — ▪ plant family family of dicotyledonous flowering plants within the order Oxalidales, and containing 25 genera of trees, shrubs, and shrubby, twining climbers distributed in tropical regions of the world. Except for a few species bearing… … Universalium
Eugenia fragrans — Zebrawood e bra*wood , n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree ({Connarus Guianensis}). (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia fragrans}).… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zebrawood — e bra*wood , n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree ({Connarus Guianensis}). (b) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree ({Eugenia fragrans}). (c) The wood … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
zebrawood — /zee breuh wood /; Brit. also /zeb reuh /, n. 1. any of several trees, esp. Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, yielding a striped, hard wood used for making furniture. 2. the wood of any of these trees. [1775 85; ZEBRA + WOOD1] * * * … Universalium
Árbol — (Del lat. arbor.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 BOTÁNICA Planta de tronco leñoso que se ramifica a mayor o menor altura del suelo, formando una copa. 2 NÁUTICA Madero redondo o cilíndrico fijo en una embarcación que sostiene las vergas a las que se… … Enciclopedia Universal
zebrawood — ze•bra•wood [[t]ˈzi brəˌwʊd[/t]] brit. also [[t]ˈzɛb rə [/t]] n. 1) pln a tropical American shrub, Connarus guianensis, yielding a hard, striped wood 2) pln the wood itself, used in making furniture • Etymology: 1775–85 … From formal English to slang
zebrawood — /ˈzɛbrəwʊd/ (say zebruhwood) noun 1. the striped hardwood of a tropical American tree, Connarus guianensis, used for cabinetwork, etc. 2. the tree itself. 3. any of various similar woods or trees. {zebra + wood1} …
