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Definition of Dalbergia
1. Noun. Large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Dalbergia Latifolia, East India Rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Indian Blackwood, Indian Rosewood, Dalbergia Sissoo, Sisham, Sissoo, Sissu, Dalbergia Cearensis, Kingwood, Kingwood Tree, Brazilian Rosewood, Caviuna Wood, Dalbergia Nigra, Jacaranda, Cocobolo, Dalbergia Retusa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dalbergia
Literary usage of Dalbergia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"dalbergia, a genus of plants belonging to the natural order ... M'Clelland mentions
that in Tenasserim there are four kinds of dalbergia, al! blackwoods, ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Produce Contributed to the Amsterdam by Trailokyanātha Mukhopādhyāẏa (1883)
"dalbergia latifolia. Blackwood or Rosewood of Southe,n India. Vern. ...
dalbergia SISSOO. The Sissoo Tree. Vern.—Hindi, Sisu ; Tamil, Yette. ..."
3. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"... exhausted by spirit yield a light brown soft resin with a strong jalap odour.
Commerce.—The dried root is to be found in the shops sometimes. dalbergia ..."
4. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"BLACKWOOD, a valuable furniture wood obtained in Malabar, the best being from Um
dalbergia ... dalbergia ..."
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