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EAST INDIA ROSEWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
Synonyms:
Dalbergia latifolia; East India rosewood; East Indian rosewood; Indian blackwood; Indian rosewood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("East India 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 India 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)
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