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2. Burl - Wikipedia

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   Burl formation is typically a result of some form of stress such as an injury or a viral or fungal infection. Burls yield a very peculiar and highly figured wood sought after in woodworking, and some items may reach high prices on the wood market. Poaching of burl specimens and damaging the trees in the process poses a problem in some areas.

3. Treen - Wikipedia

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   Burl treen is considered an indigenous North American craft, and examples are found in museums and private collections of Americana. [6] The snarled and interlaced grain of a burl makes the resulting objects stronger and less likely to split. [9] They were strong enough to be passed down over generations. [10]

4. Coffee table - Wikipedia

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   Later coffee tables were designed as low tables, and this idea may have come from the Ottoman Empire, based on the tables in use in tea gardens. As the Anglo-Japanese style was popular in Britain throughout the 1870s and 1880s, [ 5 ] and low tables were common in Japan , this seems to be an equally likely source for the concept of a long low table.

5. Acer negundo - Wikipedia

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   Such purposes generally use burl or injured wood, as the injured wood develops a red stain. [ citation needed ] The wood has been used for a variety of purposes by Native Americans , such as by the Navajo to make tubes for bellows , [ 31 ] by the Cheyenne to make bowls, [ 32 ] and by the native peoples of Montana who use the large trunk burls ...

6. Noggin (cup) - Wikipedia

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   A noggin is a small drinking cup, generally carved from the burr of a tree. The noggin was first mentioned in the mid 17th century, initially as the cup, and later coming to mean a quarter of a pint [1] equal to a gill.

7. Dalbergia stevensonii - Wikipedia

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   The wood is very heavy and durable; dry wood weighs on average 960 kg per cubic meter. Dalbergia stevensonii is regarded as a good material for musical instruments. It is used for making the bars of marimbas and xylophones. Due to its high density and toughness, it is a better choice than Brazilian rosewood. It is widely used in guitars ...