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)

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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)