Meaning of ROSEWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'rowz`wûd
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | rosewood tree |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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