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Rosewood

Rosewood Meaning & Definition
Rosewood Definition And Meaning

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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