rosewood

rose·wood  (rzwd)

n.

1. Any of various tropical or semitropical leguminous trees of the genera Tipuana, Pterocarpus, or Dalbergia, having hard reddish or dark wood with a strongly marked grain.

2. The wood of any of these trees, used in cabinetwork.

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rosewood [ˈrəʊzˌwʊd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the hard dark wood of any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous trees, esp of the genus Dalbergia. It has a roselike scent and is used in cabinetwork

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of the trees yielding this wood

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rosewood - hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork rosewood tree, rosewood - 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 amboyna, Andaman redwood - mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	rosewood - 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 rosewood tree rosewood - hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork 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 tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Translations

rosewood [ˈrəʊzwʊd] N → palo m de rosa, palisandro m

rosewood [ˈrəʊzwʊd]

n → bois m de rose

modif [desk, table, furniture] → en bois de rose

rosewood [ˈrəʊzˌwʊd] n → palissandro