rosewood

Speech parts

1. rosewood - Noun

2. Rosewood - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Brazilian rosewood Dalbergia nigra palisander rosewood tree rio rosewood garnet baton crimson carmine aspen billy banyan ash sap birch
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

wood

Hyponyms

jacaranda amboyna Brazilian rosewood Dalbergia nigra Dalbergia latifolia East India rosewood

Phrases with the word

rosewood oil bahia rosewood fragrant rosewood New Guinea rosewood New South Wales rosewood north Indian rosewood

Examples

Areas of heavy rainfall contain stands of bamboo, ferns, ebony, mahogany, and rosewood. Source: Internet

It comes in a Vintage White finish with a maple neck, either a maple or rosewood fretboard with scalloped frets and, from 2010, Seymour Duncan STK-S10 YJM "Fury" Model pickups. Source: Internet

Lighter tones can be created on xylophones by using wooden-headed mallets made from rosewood, ebony, birch, or other hard woods. Source: Internet

Some timber harvesting is undertaken, producing eucalyptus, sandalwood, teak, bamboo and rosewood. Source: Internet

Four models of flat top acoustic Rickenbackers were depicted in factory literature (maple or rosewood back & sides, jumbo or dreadnaught shape). Source: Internet

In her will she devised that a Duncan Phyfe rosewood secretaire made for her father go to her cherished nephew Cecil Kent Drinker, a Harvard physician, whom she had painted as a young boy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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