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rosewood

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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.

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
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Noun1.rosewoodrosewood - 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 - 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] Npalo m de rosa, palisandro m
rosewood [ˈrəʊzwʊd]
nbois m de rose
modif [desk, table, furniture] → en bois de rose
rosewood [ˈrəʊzˌwʊd] npalissandro
rosewood [ˈrəʊzˌwʊd] npalissandro


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Those were of the purest 1830, with a grim harmony of cabbage- rose-garlanded carpets, rosewood consoles, round-arched fire-places with black marble mantels, and immense glazed book-cases of mahogany; whereas old Mrs.
In the centre of the room was a Roller and Blanchet "baby grand" piano in rosewood, but holding the potentialities of an orchestra in its narrow and sonorous cavity, and groaning beneath the weight of the chefs-d'oeuvre of Beethoven, Weber, Mozart, Haydn, Gretry, and Porpora.
Two large low sofas of rosewood and crimson silk, gold-flowered, form the only seats, with the exception of two light conversation chairs, also of rose-wood.
 
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