As gold "leaf".
The most common materials are Canadian Maple Veneer, Baltic Birch Plywood and Bamboo
A veneer is a thin decorative cover that is applied to a wood surface or any other material. It is less than 3 millimeters in thickness, and glued onto flat panels of particleboard, fiberboard, or wood.
Manmade boards don't bother any thing. Actually one or two people have made a man made CAR! Yes a CAR made out of Man Made Boards!!! -DessertP, Chestnut, Horse Isle.
I think the type you refer to are tongue&groove boards made from material similar to MDF, only more dense, and harder than MDF. It is veneered in either natural timber or a hard wearing synthetic veneer which looks like timber. It is more water proof than MDF, but should only be cleaned with a damp sponge mop. If you slosh water on it, it will eventually get under the boards and swell them.
Veneer is a thin coating of fine wood that is applied to coarse wood. It may also refer to something horrible that has an attractive outer appearance.
Please do not dent the veneer.
I have heard about something called brick veneer, but I'm not sure what it is. What is brick veneer made of?
Manmade actually.
Manmade
Plywood is essentially cheap veneer.
Acadia Veneer is 5' 5".