1. Tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction
   "The goncalo alves wood gave the furniture its distinctive striped pattern";
   - Astronium fraxinifolium

Type of: zebrawood, zebrawood tree

Part of: Astronium, genus Astronium

Encyclopedia: Goncalo alves