rosewoods
rosewoods is the plural of rosewood.
Meaning of rosewood
Noun
rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural rosewoods)
- The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
- Synonyms:
- Brazilian rosewood, Rio rosewood, Bahia rosewood, pianowood
- Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
- The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
- Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).
Proper noun capitalized: Rosewoods
Rosewoods
- plural of Rosewood
Phrases with rosewoods
Questions about rosewoods
- What is rosewoods the plural of?
- Rosewoods is the plural of rosewood.
- What part of speech is rosewoods?
- Rosewoods is a proper noun.
Words near rosewoods in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rosewoods (page history and authors); Rosewoods (page history and authors); rosewood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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