INDIAN BLACKWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian blackwood mean? 

• INDIAN BLACKWOOD (noun)
  The noun INDIAN BLACKWOOD has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN BLACKWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("Indian blackwood" 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 ("Indian blackwood" 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)