rosewood

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrəʊzwʊd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈroʊzˌwʊd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rōz′wŏŏd′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rose•wood /ˈroʊzˌwʊd/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Furniture[uncountable] a reddish wood for making cabinets, and sometimes having a roselike odor.
  2. Plant Biology[countable] a tree yielding such wood.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rose•wood  (rōz′wŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Furnitureany 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. Plant Biologya tree yielding such wood.
  • rose1 + wood1 1650–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rosewood / ˈrəʊzˌwʊd/
  1. the hard dark wood of any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous trees, esp of the genus Dalbergia. It has a roselike scent and is used in cabinetwork
'rosewood' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Brazilian rosewood - bois de rose oil - palisander - rosewood oil - vina

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