| NOUN | plant | rosewood tree, rosewood | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | rosewood | |
| Narrower | Brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, jacaranda, Dalbergia nigra | An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black |
| Honduras rosewood, Dalbergia stevensonii | Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood | |
| Indian blackwood, East Indian rosewood, East India rosewood, Indian rosewood, Dalbergia latifolia | East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood | |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Substances | rosewood | Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain |
| Spanish | palisandro | |
| Catalan | palissandre | |
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