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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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