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name
A place in the United States:
A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harris County and Montgomery County, near Houston, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: violetwood
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noun
Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kingwood tree, Dalbergia cearensis
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Broader terms: tree
noun
handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
History
From king + wood.
