- New South Wales rosewood
- Rosewood 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}.
[1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.