bois de rose

[bwah duh rohz]

noun

plural

bois de rose 

1. rosewood.

2. a grayish red or dark purplish red color.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bois de rose¹

From French

Example Sentences

I pick up a bowler hat, also made from bois de rose.

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A woman tries to sell me a lamp, made from bois de rose.

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"Everyone is going there because of the bois de rose."

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As I reach their workshop, I see it is the blood-red sawdust from the bois de rose.

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My search for the famed bois de rose - something I had only ever seen in pictures - begins in a beautiful old cafe in Antananarivo - the capital.

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