rosewood

[ rohz-woo d ]

/ ˈroʊzˌwʊd /

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noun

any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, especially belonging to the genus Dalbergia, of the legume family.

a tree yielding such wood.

Origin of rosewood

First recorded in 1650–60; rose¹ + wood¹

Words nearby rosewood

rosetta, rosetta stone, rosette, roseville, rosewall, rosewood, rosewood oil, rosh chodesh, rosh hashanah, rosh hodesh, roshi

Example sentences from the Web for rosewood

One can hardly sit on the Rosewood rooftop bar without seeing $200 flip flops and overhearing name and place-dropping.

The Second Life of San Miguel de Allende |Michele Willens |February 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One of them, a $27.5 million 20,000 square foot Georgian mansion with 80 acres, called Rosewood, even has its own lake.

The Clintons' Misguided House Hunt |Lawrence Otis Graham |July 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
At the appointed time I carried the rosewood chest with her dowry to her room.

Dr. Dumany's Wife |Mr Jkai
But Benicia, bowing sweetly, passed on up the aisle and into the alley of rosewood and glass beyond.

Dust of the Desert |Robert Welles Ritchie

He bellowed, he stormed; he broke everything he touched; rosewood was as brittle as glass.

Cousin Betty |Honore de Balzac
Rosewood furniture should be rubbed gently every day with a clean soft cloth, to keep it in order.

Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million |Sarah Josepha Hale
She sought for a book in a bureau standing against the rosewood panelling and, scanning it, gave a sum with evident reluctance.

The Shadow of the East |E. M. Hull

British Dictionary definitions for rosewood

rosewood

/ (ˈrəʊzˌwʊd) /

noun

the hard dark wood of any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous trees, esp of the genus Dalbergia . It has a roselike scent and is used in cabinetwork

any of the trees yielding this wood

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