Figure (wood)
（重定向自Wood figure）
![typically figured red gum table](/Images/godic/202502/21/RedGumTable5326.jpg")
![mountain ash floor, showing some fiddleback figure](/Images/godic/202502/21/MountainAshFloor5326.jpg")
In wood, figure refers to the appearance of wood, as seen on a longitudinal surface (side-grain): a "figured wood" is not plain.
The figure of a particular piece of wood is, in part, due to its grain and, in part, due to the cut, or to innate properties of the wood. A few of the tropical hardwoods, like the rosewoods, may have quite spectacular figure.