rosewood tree
Noun
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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 (synset 112542693)
is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermssubtypes:
- dalbergia latifolia, east india rosewood, east indian rosewood, indian blackwood, indian rosewood - East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
- brazilian rosewood, caviuna wood, dalbergia nigra, jacaranda - an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
- dalbergia stevensonii, honduras rosewood - Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood
substance holonym: rosewood - hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetworksame as: rosewood
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