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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rosewood — /rohz wood /, n. 1. any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, esp. belonging to the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family. 2. a tree yielding such wood. [1650 60; ROSE1 + WOOD1] * * * … Universalium
African 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amyris balsamifera — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dalbergia nigra — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Linocieria ligustrina — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pterocarpus erinaceus — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trichilia glandulosa — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
west indian sandalwood — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&I : a Jamaica rosewood (Amyris balsamifera) … Useful english dictionary
