harewood
nounDefinition of harewood
1
: a greenish gray figured cabinet wood obtained by chemical treatment and dyeing of sycamore maple and sometimes other maples
— called also
gray harewood
2 : a strongly figured tropical American wood initially yellow but seasoning to silvery gray with greenish markings, obtained from a tree of the genus Xanthoxylum, and much used by 18th century cabinetmakers but now rarely available
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