Definition of East india rosewood

1. Noun. East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood.


Lexicographical Neighbors of East India Rosewood

East Coast
East Coast fever
East End
East Flanders
East Flemish
East Frisia
East Frisian
East German
East Germanic
East Germanic language
East Germans
East Germany
East India
East India Company
East India kino
East India rosewood
East Indian
East Indian Catholic
East Indian Catholics
East Indian fig tree
East Indian rosebay
East Indian rosewood
East Indians
East Indies
East Insular
East Java
East Jesus
East Kalimantan
East Macedonia and Thrace
East Malaysia

Literary usage of East india rosewood

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1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... East India rosewood, satinwood, camphor wood, teak, Circassian walnut and eight different kinds of mahogany. Among the western woods of this country ..."

2. Dictionary of Manufactures, Mining, Machinery, and the Industrial Arts by George Dodd (1869)
"Some of the East India rosewood yields planks as much as 4 feet wide. Rosin. (See RESINS ; TURPENTINE.) Our manufacturers use up " an 700000 cwt. of this ..."

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