rosewood Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
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noun 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
rosewood tree.
WordNet
Rose"wood noun
Definitions
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia andMachærium . The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from theDalbergia nigra .