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African rosewoods

African rosewoods is the plural of African rosewood.

Meaning of African rosewood

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.

Questions about African rosewoods

What is African rosewoods the plural of?
African rosewoods is the plural of African rosewood.

Words near African rosewoods in the dictionary

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

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