MARBLEWOOD

marblewood, marble-wood, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii

(noun) large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood

marblewood, marble-wood

(noun) hard marbled wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

marblewood (uncountable)

The Australian tree Acacia bakeri.

The ebony Diospyros marmorata.

Source: Wiktionary



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HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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