itaka-woodn.
/ˈɪtəkəˌwʊd/ A cabinet-wood beautifully streaked with black and brown, obtained from the Machærium schomburgkii, a leguminous tree of Guyana.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 706/1 Machærium Schomburgkii, a British Guiana species, produces the beautifully mottled wood called Itaka, Itiki, or Tiger-wood, used for furniture in that country.
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