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Definition of East Indian rosewood
1. Noun. East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood.
Group relationships: Dalbergia, Genus Dalbergia
Generic synonyms: Rosewood, Rosewood Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of East Indian Rosewood
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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