About The Word Rosewood
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Rosewood
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What's The Definition Of Rosewood?
[n] any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black
[n] hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork Synonyms | Synonyms for Rosewood: rosewood tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Rosewood: See Also | amboyna | Andaman redwood | Brazilian rosewood | caviuna wood | Dalbergia latifolia | Dalbergia nigra | Dalbergia stevensonii | East India rosewood | East Indian rosewood | Honduras rosewood | Indian blackwood | Indian rosewood | jacaranda | rosewood | tree | wood Rosewood In Webster's Dictionary \Rose"wood\, n.
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and
variegated with black, obtained from several tropical
leguminous trees of the genera {Dalbergia} and
{Mach[ae]rium}. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said
to be from the {Dalbergia nigra}.
{African rosewood}, the wood of the leguminous tree
{Pterocarpus erinaceus}.
{Jamaica rosewood}, the wood of two West Indian trees
({Amyris balsamifera}, and {Linocieria ligustrina}).
{New South Wales rosewood}, the wood of {Trichilia
glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa.
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