rosewood
See also: Rosewood
English
Etymology
A compound of rose + wood, originally so named because of the rose-scented aromatic oil derived from it; applied in later senses on account of these woods’ predominantly reddish-brown colour.
Noun
rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural rosewoods)
- The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
- Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
- The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
- Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).
Synonyms
- (Dalbergia nigra): Brazilian rosewood, Rio rosewood, Bahia rosewood, pianowood
Derived terms
- African rosewood (Lingoum erinaceum)
- Australian rosewood (Dysoxylum fraserianum, Synoum glandulosum)
- bastard rosewood (Synoum glandulosum)
- Burmese rosewood (Dalbergia spp. etc.)
- Chinese rosewood (Dalbergia odorifera)
- Dominica rosewood (Cordia alliodora)
- East India rosewood, East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
- fragrant rosewood (Dalbergia odorifera)
- Honduras rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii, Dalbergia cubilquitzensis)
- India rosewood (Dahlbergia latifolia, Acaccia melanoxylon, Dalbergia sissoo)
- Jamaica rosewood (Amyris balsamifera, Linocieria ligustrina)
- New Guinea rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus)
- New South Wales rosewood (Triculiia glandulosa)
Translations
fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra
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any of many woods that resemble Dalbergia nigra
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fragrant wood of Aniba rosaeodora
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References
rosewood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Dalbergia nigra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dalbergia nigra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Aniba rosaeodora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aniba rosaeodora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aniba rosaeodora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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