partridge-wood

noun

A hard variegated wood from a tree species of Brazil and the West Indies (Andira inermis), used in cabinet-work.

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nounpartridge-wood (uncountable)

alternative partridge wood

  1. uncountableA hard variegated wood from a tree species of Brazil and the West Indies (Andira inermis), used in cabinet-work.
  2. uncountablePanga panga (Millettia stuhlmannii)
  3. uncountableUnusually dark wood with pockets of white mycelium, found in oak trees damaged by the fungus Stereum frustolosum.
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