east_indian_rosewood (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *East Indian rosewood*:
NOUN	plant	East Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, East India rosewood, Indian rosewood, Dalbergia latifolia	East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood

English > *East Indian rosewood*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood.
Synonyms	Indian blackwood, East India rosewood, Indian rosewood, Dalbergia latifolia
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
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

HyperDic: east_indian_rosewood