rosewood
Americannoun
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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.
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a tree yielding such wood.
noun
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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
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any of the trees yielding this wood
Etymology
Origin of rosewood
Example Sentences
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When the Mandarin Oriental recruited Delpique away in 2024, he brought Haugstatter with him and recruited Jaka Akbary, his head banquet chef who spent 13 years with the Rosewood Group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
With waves crashing nearby, Chanel’s oceanfront seasonal boutique on Rosewood Miramar Beach is decidedly elegant, thanks to a neutral-toned interior and outdoor garden that holds the Cruise 2025/26 collection waiting to be explored within.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
Rosewood House said their "heartfelt sympathies remained with Lugh's family".
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
Rosewood Elementary in Beverly Grove, for example, had the equivalent of an arts teacher two days a week both before and after the Proposition 28 boost.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
That’s always what people think when you come from “the ’Wood,” aka the Rosewood low-income housing projects.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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