Dictionary
rose•wood
Pronunciation: (rōz'wood"), [key]—
n.
1. any of various reddish cabinet woods, sometimes with a roselike odor, yielded by certain tropical trees, esp. belonging to the genus
Dalbergia, of the legume family.
2. a tree yielding such wood.
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