About The Word Rosewood
Learn about the word Rosewood to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Rosewood definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Rosewood
| 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Analytical cubism ‐ the early phase…
- Republic of seychelles ‐ a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from…
- Conspirator ‐ a member of a…
- Disregardless ‐ in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks; "he carried…
- Abattis ‐ line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees…
- Antiquark ‐ the antiparticle…
- Heterosomata ‐ flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot;…
- Genus fusarium ‐ a form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry…
- Luxate ‐ move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip…
- Vestibulocochlear nerve ‐ a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular…