HyperDic: brazilian_rosewood

English > 1 sense of the expression Brazilian rosewood:
NOUNplantBrazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, jacaranda, Dalbergia nigraan important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
English > Brazilian rosewood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAn important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black.
Synonymscaviuna wood, jacaranda, Dalbergia nigra
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
Spanishjacaranda, jacarandá

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