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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Bieber was a headliner at WNDR, entertainment executive Jeffrey Katzenberg’s invitation-only confab at the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito last week.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
Bieber, meanwhile, performed a Wednesday poolside set for attendees at the Rosewood.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
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
The New York firm said Novaria has more than tripled in size and completed 13 add-on acquisitions since KKR purchased the business in 2020 from private-equity firm Rosewood Private Investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
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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