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EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does East Indian rosewood mean?

• EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD (noun)
The noun EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood

Familiarity information: EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

East Indian rosewood ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dalbergia latifolia; East India rosewood; East Indian rosewood; Indian blackwood; Indian rosewood

Hypernyms ("East Indian rosewood" is a kind of...):

rosewood; rosewood tree (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)

Holonyms ("East Indian rosewood" is a member of...):

Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)

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