the dark striped wood of the tropical American leguminous tree, Andira inermis, used for cabinetwork
partridge wood in American English
noun
the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, esp. oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus Xylobolus frustulatus
Word origin
[1820–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, blouse, boomerang, insider, takeoff