HyperDic: indian_rosewood

English > 1 sense of the expression Indian rosewood:
NOUNplantIndian rosewood, Indian blackwood, East Indian rosewood, East India rosewood, Dalbergia latifoliaEast Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
English > Indian rosewood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEast Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood.
SynonymsIndian blackwood, East Indian rosewood, East India rosewood, Dalbergia latifolia
Member ofDalbergia, genus Dalbergialarge genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers
Broaderrosewood, rosewood treeAny 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

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