Definition of East indian rosewood

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of East Indian Rosewood

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
East Midland
East Midlands
East Nusa Tenggara
East Overshoe
East Pakistan
East Pakistani

Literary usage of East indian rosewood

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... a native of the East Indies, used for ornamental furniture and carvings under the name of black wood, is frequently termed east indian rosewood. ..."

2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"It comes to this country under the names of Black- wood and east indian rosewood, but it has not the agreeable perfume of the true rosewood, ..."

3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... is the Black- wood or east indian rosewood tree-, common on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts, and yields one of the most valuable furniture \\oods. ..."

4. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"The east indian rosewood, a large and magnificent tree, a native of India. Its wood is of a dark purplish color, heavy, close-grained, and susceptible of a ..."

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