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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n.
A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and
variegated with black, obtained from several tropical
leguminous trees of the genera {Dalbergia} and
{Mach[ae]rium}. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said
to be from the {Dalbergia nigra}.
{African rosewood}, the wood of the leguminous tree
{Pterocarpus erinaceus}.
{Jamaica rosewood}, the wood of two West Indian trees
({Amyris balsamifera}, and {Linocieria ligustrina}).
{New South Wales rosewood}, the wood of {Trichilia
glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rosewood
n 1: hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly
marked grain; used in cabinetwork
2: any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that
yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or
purplish color streaked and variegated with black [syn: {rosewood
tree}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rosewood, CA
Zip code(s): 90222
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