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
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French investigators have previously examined his real-estate holdings near Paris as part of a probe into alleged money laundering and rosewood trafficking, though the case was dropped in 2023 due to insufficient evidence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Its rosewood handle and rectangular blade have transformed the way I cook and even the way I live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
The landmark legal reference book he edits, Black’s Law Dictionary, is as much a fixture of American courts as black robes, rosewood gavels and brass scales of justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Then he added vintage furniture made from other kinds of wood, including oak, rosewood and pine.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
He built Mammachi a Bauhaus dining table with twelve dining chairs in rosewood and a traditional Bavarian chaise longue in lighter jackwood.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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