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rosewood |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rosewood n 1: hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork 2: 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 [syn: {rosewood tree}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Rosewood, CA Zip code(s): 90222
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