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• English walnut
  ...grain. It is strong but easy to work and polishes to a high gloss. Walnut wood is used for furniture, veneers, cabinets, paneling and gum stocks. Burrs, c ...oce (It.); French walnut; Queen Ann's cabinet wood; Persian walnut; oyster veneer
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• Yellow birch
  ...flooring, interior trim, millwork, veneer, furniture and paper pulp. Most wood sold as 'birch' in North America is from this tree.
  2 KB (270 words) - 17:05, 4 September 2020
• Mokume
  ...als. Mokume has been used in Japan since at least the 17th century to make veneer papers, tsubas (sword guards), and, more recently, to make jewelry. For met
  1 KB (193 words) - 14:29, 9 August 2022
• European beech
  ...inish. Beech is a commonly used timber for flooring, cabinetry, furniture, veneer, tool handles, and turnery. It was occasionally used in panel paintings in * Wood is acidic.
  3 KB (352 words) - 17:14, 5 August 2022
• Pear
  ...eathering. Pearwood has been used for small carvings, drawing instruments, veneer and inlays. It is often dyed black as a substitute for ebont. Like other fr * The Wood Database: [https://www.wood-database.com/pear/ Pear]
  2 KB (316 words) - 10:33, 4 August 2022
• California laurel
  ...aurel tree produces a golden-brown, hard, strong, fine-grain wood used for veneer, cabinetry, and garden tool handles.
  2 KB (199 words) - 09:58, 9 October 2020
• Juniper
  ...for lining closets and storage chests. It is also used for turnery, pencil wood, and for the extraction of aromatic oils. Juniper oil and juniper tar are u * R.Gale, P.Gasson, N.Hepper, G.Killen, "Wood" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', Cambridge University Pre
  3 KB (447 words) - 14:02, 21 September 2022
• Satinwood
  ...ces have a narrow stripe figuring. The durable wood is used for furniture, veneer, cabinetry, turnery and small articles. Populations are in decline due to e 2) A lustrous, dark yellow wood from the evergreen satinwood tree, ''Zanthoxylum flavum'' (South America, t
  4 KB (484 words) - 15:41, 4 October 2020
• Horsetail
  ...th small angular fingers. They are used as an [[abrasive]] for polishing [[veneer]], burnishing [[clay]], and smoothing [[gesso]] grounds. ...le'' (PrÛle/Horsetail/Dutch rush) as an Abrasive in the Gilding Process on Wood" ''Conservation News'' 66:p.40, 1998.
  2 KB (225 words) - 16:51, 9 September 2022
• Rosewood
  ...gloss. Rosewood is used for cabinets, musical instruments, piano cases and veneer. It was popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Though not c Rosewood oil, used in perfumes, is obtained from the wood of a tree from a different genera, ''Aniba rosaeodora''.
  4 KB (488 words) - 15:45, 4 October 2022
• Mahogany
  ...r high quality furniture. Ammonia brings out a rich, red color in mahogany wood. Mahogany is frequently attacked by pinhole borer beetles. ...o not have rich color or fine cutting characteristics of the true mahogany wood.
  4 KB (561 words) - 09:00, 17 October 2022
• Tupelo
  ...tough wood that is hard to split. It is used for pallets, baskets, boxes, veneer, barrels and firewood. [[Tupelo bark]] dye has good washfastness and fair l ...''Fiber Atlas: Identification of Papermaking Fibers'' (Springer Series in Wood Science). Springer, 1995.
  2 KB (336 words) - 09:55, 22 June 2022
• Walnut
  ...h gloss. They are used for furniture, painting panels, frames, sculptures, veneer, piano cases, carving, and gun stocks. A drying oil is pressed from the nut [[File:1985.36-SC58786.jpg|thumb|Wood-turning<br>MFA Acc#: 1985.36]]
  4 KB (529 words) - 12:45, 26 June 2022
• Resorcinol
  ...ry strong bond. It is commonly used as an [[adhesive|adhesive]] for wood [[veneer|veneers]] and rubber-textile [[laminate|laminates]].
  2 KB (269 words) - 15:31, 4 October 2022
• Plywood
  ...e molded into compound curves, and is more dimensionally stable than solid wood. laminated wood; Holzwerkstoff (Deut.); contrachapado (Esp.); tripley (Esp.); contreplaqué
  4 KB (569 words) - 10:45, 3 March 2023
• Maple
  ...al, maple wood has a fine texture with a straight grain. The medium weight wood is sufficiently durable for all purposes. Bird's eye maple and other figuri ...Small pores. Distinct rings. Rays show as fine dashes in quarter sawed wood. Density = 39-50 ppcf
  5 KB (783 words) - 14:17, 3 March 2023
• Black walnut
  ...try, clocks, propellers, gunstocks, sewing machines, piano cases, plywood, veneer, and decorative items. The nuts of the black walnut tree are edible. A dark ...alnød (Dan.); nogueira preta (Port.); American walnut; Queen Ann's cabinet wood; gumwood
  4 KB (530 words) - 09:15, 8 May 2022
• Beech
  ...ed timber for flooring, cabinetry, furniture (especially bentwood chairs), veneer, plywood, tool handles, and turnery. It was used in panel paintings in west Wood is acidic. Color: Pinkish brown with dark brown rays. Rings: obscure. Por
  4 KB (603 words) - 13:31, 2 May 2022
• Holly
  ...grain pattern. It has been used for sculpture, carving, small articles, [[veneer]], and [[marquetry]]. ...er, I., Schweingruber, F.H., Kienast, F., 2004:[http://www.woodanatomy.ch/ Wood anatomy of central European Species]: Holly, [http://www.woodanatomy.ch/spe
  3 KB (373 words) - 09:17, 3 October 2020
• Gatorfoam
  ...[polystyrene]] foam core laminated between two facing papers consisting of wood fiber impregnated with resin. The strong, flat panels are water-resistant a ...rts foamboard with extruded polystyrene bonded between two layers of paper veneer
  3 KB (450 words) - 13:47, 9 February 2024

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