cocobolo
- noun
- /ˌkoʊkəˈboʊloʊ/
- Specialized
- cocobolo wood
Examples
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It's cocobolo.
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The artisan chose cocobolo for its beautiful color and durability in crafting fine furniture.
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Many musical instruments, such as guitars and flutes, are made from cocobolo wood due to its rich tonal properties.
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The intricate carvings on the cocobolo coffee table highlight the wood's unique patterns and deep hues.
Synonyms
A tropical tree or its strong reddish-brown wood used for fine furniture
A tropical tree with hard dark wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A Central American tree with hard dark streaked wood used to make fine furniture and musical instruments
A large Brazilian tree with hard dark wood used for furniture and guitars
A hard, rare wood from Brazil used for fine furniture
A tree from India and Southeast Asia that has hard dark red wood used for furniture and dye
A tropical tree with hard reddish wood used to make dyes and violin bows
A tropical tree with a prickly trunk and dense red wood used for dye
A tropical tree with heavy red wood that people use to make furniture and red dye
A heavy, hard dark wood from a Brazilian tree with black streaks used for furniture and instruments
A tropical South American tree and its reddish strong wood, or a shiny fabric
A Central American tree with hard reddish-brown wood used for fine furniture
A tropical tree with hard reddish brown wood used to make fine furniture
A tree from the Caribbean with hard reddish-brown wood used for furniture
A tree from the Caribbean that gives hard reddish-brown wood used for fine furniture
A tree from Africa with hard reddish-brown wood used for furniture and building
A tropical tree in the Philippines with hard fragrant wood used for furniture
A tree from the Philippines with hard red fragrant wood used for furniture and building
A tropical American tree with fragrant, durable wood used for furniture
A Philippine tree with hard red wood that smells pleasant
A Brazilian tree with richly colored wood used for furniture and fine woodworking
Wood from a large tropical tree that is strong and used for furniture and carving
A tree from southern Africa with very hard wood that feeds and shelters animals
A reddish-brown wood often used for furniture and flooring
Strong, fragrant wood from the citron tree used for carving and making furniture
A tropical tree with dark patterned wood often used for furniture
Wood from a tropical tree used to make wind instruments like clarinets
A large Costa Rican tree with light wood used for fine furniture
A large Costa Rican tree whose light-colored wood people use for cabinets
A tree from southeastern US and Mexico that loses its leaves and provides strong wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cocobolo comes from Spanish, taken from a local Central American name for the tree, and today it means the richly coloured, very dense 'wood' that woodworkers value for fine work.