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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural rosewoods)

1. The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
2. Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
3. The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
4. 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)
• north Indian rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo)

Translations

fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra

• Bulgarian: палисандър m (palisandǎr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅木／红木 (zh) (hóngmù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• German: Rio-Palisander m, Bahia- und Brasilianisches Rosenholz n
• Polish: palisander (pl) m
• Russian: палисандр (ru) m (palisandr)

any of many woods that resemble Dalbergia nigra

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: палисандр (ru) m (palisandr)

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

Anagrams

• orewoods, wood rose