tigerwood

A grayish to dark brown wood of western Africa; of moderate density; highly figured and with high luster; used for interior carpentry and plywood.

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The floor is tongue and groove tigerwood, a Brazilian hardwood.

Now screening

Exotic hardwoods such as teak, tigerwood, ipe, and cumaru, which also tend to be durable, are becoming popular as well.

Waterborne polymers for water repellent wood coatings

Years ago when Elmer Keith reported a special 4-inch .44 Magnum stolen from the restroom where he had left it, it was described as having Magna grips made of Tigerwood. Those grips were made by Dave.

Ready! Aim! Fire!

Also known as tigerwood or zebrawood, goncalo alves is popular for specialty items, turnings and musical instruments, particularly guitars.

Pretty hard wood

Benches were built by Bellingham Bay Builders with sustainably-harvested tigerwood decking.

Green & urban: "parklet" project shows potential of new downtown public space

The list of available species will initially include: African mahogany, genuine mahogany, Brazilian cherry, Caribbean rosewood, Spanish cedar, ipe, sapele, utile/ sipo, teak, tigerwood, wenge and zebrawood.

Exotic lumber

Taylor scored his 500th victory when Tigerwood won at Fontwell in May 1985, and retired from training at the end of that year.

Ex-trainer Pat Taylor dies at 85

The first maiden was closer, with six-year-old Albert Woods (Darren Hughes), home-bred by Dilwyn Thomas by his stallion Tigerwood, holding off The Naughty Vicar by a length.

Point to Point: Pritchard smashes British records; Herefordshire-based rider passes marks made by Philip Scholfield and Polly Curling during a five-winner Bank Holiday haul across three meetings

And Mannington's hardwood Imperial Tigerwood design won in the alternative wood category.

Mannington floors the competition with product diversity: having its hardwood and laminate flooring facilities located near each other has enabled Mannington Mills to maximize its design strengths by coordinating its resources

Jones's wins both came on Dilwyn Thomas's home-breds by his stallion Tigerwood. They were Moon Tiger (second restricted) and Cefn Woodsman (fourth maiden), while Jukes won the confined with Derring Dove, who hung badly left on the run-in and hit the rails, and the first maiden with Itspantotime.

Rivals in a hole as Harbour pops up; Outsider returns to form as track suffers drain on resources; Copper Thistle wins again; Julian Pritchard equals Scholfield's record at Bredwardine

GONCALO ALVES is sometimes referred to as zebrawood or tigerwood -- names that underscore the wood's often dramatic, contrasting color scheme.

Goncalo Alves -- Beautiful and Durable

Here in the United States it is sometimes called tigerwood and in the United Kingdom it has gone by the name zebrawood.