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rosewood¹

  • /ˈɹoʊzˌwʊd/ US

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A compound of rose + wood, originally so named because of the rose-scented aromatic oil derived from it; applied in later senses on account of these woods’ predominantly reddish-brown colour.

noun rosewoods

  1. countable, uncountable The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.

    Similar: Brazilian rosewood, Rio rosewood, Bahia rosewood, pianowood

  2. countable, uncountable Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
  3. countable, uncountable The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
  4. countable, uncountable Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).

Rosewood²

Where it comes from

From rosewood.

proper noun Rosewoods

  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in the Greater Hume council area and the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A town and locality in Queensland, Australia.
  5. An affluent residential neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  6. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, United States.
  8. A locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, the site of the Rosewood massacre of 1923.
  10. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana, United States.
  11. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.
  13. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri, United States.
  14. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
  15. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.
  16. An unincorporated community in the town of Dover, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rosewood tree, fingerboard, chinese rosewood, kingwood, rubywood, burmese rosewood, wood rose, lignum rhodium, barwood, scentwood, orangewood, sandalwood, quamwood, violetwood, rose-acacia, jacaranda

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noun fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra

中文紅木 /红木 hóngmù
DeutschRio-Palisander, Bahia- und Brasilianisches Rosenholz, Palisander
Русскийпалисандр palisandr

noun any of many woods that resemble Dalbergia nigra

Русскийпалисандр palisandr

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@misc{rosewood_2026,
  title = {rosewood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rosewood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}