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African rosewood

African rosewood noun: millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.

Noun

African rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural African rosewoods)

  1. Millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.
  2. Species in the genus Guibourtia, including
  3. Guibourtia coleosperma, a tree species of Angola and some neighboring countries.
  4. Hagenia abyssinica (East African rosewood), a species of flowering plant native to high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa.
  5. Pterocarpus erinaceus, or other African Pterocarpus spp.

Forms of African rosewood

pluralAfrican rosewoods

Questions about African rosewood

What does African rosewood mean?
African rosewood means millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.
What part of speech is African rosewood?
African rosewood is a noun.
What is the plural of African rosewood?
The plural of African rosewood is African rosewoods.

Words near African rosewood in the dictionary

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  2. African pygmy goats
  3. African pygmy goose
  4. African rhinoceros
  5. African Romance
  6. African rosewood
  7. African rosewoods
  8. African rue
  9. African sacred ibis
  10. African sacred ibises
  11. African sand fox

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