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Furniture Style Glossary: Wood
Wood
Amboyna Veneer | Golden-brown hardwood from the East Indies with a bird's eye figure.
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Ash
 | Whitish gray-brown American hardwood with similar graining to oak.
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Beech
 | Light brown American hardwood with a flecked grain.
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Birch
 | Red-brown American hardwood with a close grain.
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Black Walnut
 | Dark brown American hardwood with a wide range of figures.
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Butternut
 | Medium brown American hardwood often stained to resemble black walnut.
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Cedar
 | Golden to red-brown American softwood.
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Cherry
 | Red-brown American hardwood.
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Ebony Veneer
 | Dark brown to black African hardwood with black stripes, used in thinly sliced sheets.
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Elm
 | Red-brown American hardwood.
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Fruitwood
 | Pink-brown American hardwood, including apple and pear.
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Goncalo Alves
 | Red-brown hardwood with dark brown streaks from Central and South America.
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Hickory
 | Red-brown American hardwood.
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Holly Veneer
 | Creamy-white American hardwood with a speckledgrain, used for inlay and marquetry.
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Mahogany
 | Red-brown South American and African hardwood.
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Mahogany Veneer
 | Red-brown South American and African hardwood, used in thinly sliced sheets.
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Maple
 | Golden to red-brown American hardwood with a wide range of figures.
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Maple Veneer
 | Golden to red-brown American hardwood with a wide range of figures, used in thinly sliced sheets.
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Oak
 | Gray-brown American hardwood.
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Pine
 | Yellow to pink-brown American softwood.
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Rosewood Veneer
 | Purple-brown South American hardwood with black streaks that can be highly polished.
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Satinwood Veneer
 | Light yellow to golden brown Indian hardwood that is highly figured, has a close grain, and can be highly polished.
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Sycamore
 | Creamy-white European hardwood, treated to turn a silvery-gray or pink-brown color.
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Sycamore Plane or American Sycamore
 | Pink-brown American hardwood.
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Teak
 | Yellow-brown African and Asian hardwood.
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Tulipwood
 | Pink-yellow South American hardwood with red striping used in inlays; also known as pinkwood.
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Zebrawood
 | Golden-brown African hardwood with dark brown striping.
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