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kingwood

kingwood noun: dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.

Noun

kingwood (countable and uncountable, plural kingwoods)

  1. Dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.
  2. (uncountable) The wood of this tree, used in cabinetmaking.
    Synonyms:
    violetwood

Proper noun capitalized: Kingwood

Kingwood

  1. A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  2. An unincorporated community in Harris County and Montgomery County, near Houston, Texas.
  3. A city, the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia.

Synonyms of kingwood

Forms of kingwood

pluralkingwoods

Origin of kingwood

From king + wood.

Questions about kingwood

What does kingwood mean?
Kingwood means dalbergia cearensis, a Brazilian tree having a violet-brown, hard texture.
What part of speech is kingwood?
Kingwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kingwood?
The plural of kingwood is kingwoods.

Words near kingwood in the dictionary

  1. Kingvale
  2. Kingwana
  3. kingward
  4. kingwards
  5. kingweed
  6. kingwood
  7. kingwoods
  8. kingworm
  9. kingworms
  10. kingy
  11. Kingyang

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