Meaning | East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood. |
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Synonyms | Indian blackwood, East Indian rosewood, Indian rosewood, Dalbergia latifolia |
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Member of | Dalbergia, genus Dalbergia | large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers |
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Broader | rosewood, rosewood tree | 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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