marblewood

noun

1

a

: a large Asiatic tree (Diospyros kurzii) that has a hard mottled wood

called also Andaman marble

b(1)

: native olive sense 1a

(2)

: an Australian timber tree of the genus Albizzia

2

: the wood of a marblewood

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