Rosewood
['rəʊzwʊd] or ['rozwʊd]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork.
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Definition
(n.) A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
Editor: Tracy
Examples
- Brunel, in 1805-1808, devised a set of circular saws run by a steam engine, which cut sheets of rosewood and mahogany, one-fourteenth of an inch thick, with great speed and accuracy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In making a high-grade cue, a choice piece of imported wood, such as ebony, mahogany, or rosewood, is cut into blocks about three inches square and twenty inches long. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Hilda