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Definition of Dalbergia nigra

1. Noun. An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dalbergia Nigra

Literary usage of Dalbergia nigra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"The Dalbergia nigra, and 1). latifolia are known to be trees from which ... Dalbergia nigra is found native in Brazil, both tropical and subtropical. ..."

2. The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce: With a Copious List of by John Yeats (1878)
"The best rosewood comes from Rio de Janeiro, and has recently been ascertained to be chiefly the timber of Dalbergia nigra. Rosewood is much used for ..."

3. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... Brazilian rosewood from Dalbergia nigra, Indian rosewood from Dalbergia latifolia, Jamaica rosewood from Amyris balsamifera and ..."

4. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"... wood and Dalbergia nigra, from the West Indies and Ceylon; and Dalbergia latifolia, from India. Rose-wood was used as an inlay in Stuart days, ..."

5. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"... appears to be the timber of Dalbergia nigra, but there is little doubt that several allied species are thus denominated, ..."

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