rosewood

/ˌroʊzˈwʊd/

/ˈrʌʊzwʊd/

Other forms: rosewoods

Definitions of rosewood

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: rosewood tree

   types:

   Dalbergia latifolia, East India rosewood, East Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, Indian rosewood

   East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood

   Brazilian rosewood, Dalbergia nigra, caviuna wood, 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

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. noun

   hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
   types:

   Andaman redwood, amboyna

   mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus

   type of:

   wood

   the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees