NOUN | plant | rosewood | hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain |
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plant | 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 |
Sounds | row'zwuh.d | |
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Rhymes | adulthood ... wormwood: 60 rhymes with uhd... |
Meaning | Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork / cabinetwork. | |
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Narrower | amboyna, Andaman redwood | mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus |
Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Substance of | 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 | palisandro | |
Catalan | palissandre |
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 tree | |
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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