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rosewood tree

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Noun1.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
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


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