NOUN | plant | jacaranda, Brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, Dalbergia nigra | an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black |
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Meaning | An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black. | |
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Synonyms | Brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, Dalbergia nigra | |
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 |
Spanish | jacaranda, jacarandá |
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