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Answer for the clue "Variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree ", 8 letters:
lacewood

Word definitions for lacewood in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lacewood is a common name for the wood produced from a number of different trees: These include: Cardwellia sublimis Grevillea robusta American Sycamore London Plane Panopsis species Roupala brasiliensis

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: sycamore ]

Usage examples of lacewood.

He stepped to the closed door across the hall, hesitated, opened it, and peered into a bedroom with exquisite contemporary furnishings in lacewood and bird's-eye maple, which somehow didn't seem at odds with the considerable age of the house.