rosewood tree
- noun
- /ˈroʊzˌwʊd tri/
- Specialized
:
árbol de palosanto
- The lumber from a rosewood tree is prized for crafting high-quality guitars and pianos.
Examples
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The furniture maker preferred to use rosewood trees because of their beautiful, richly colored grain.
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Many rosewood tree species are now protected due to overharvesting for luxury goods.
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The rosewood tree is known for its beautiful grain.
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Many rosewood trees grow in tropical regions.
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The lumber from a rosewood tree is prized for crafting high-quality guitars and pianos.
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The furniture maker preferred to use rosewood trees because of their beautiful, richly colored grain.
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Many rosewood tree species are now protected due to overharvesting for luxury goods.
Synonyms
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5.7
A hard dark reddish wood from tropical trees used to make fine furniture and musical instruments
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A tropical tree with hard dark wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A large Indian tree that loses its leaves and has hard dark purple wood used for furniture and guitars
A large tree from India with hard dark wood used for furniture and musical instruments
A large tree from India with dark, hard wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A large Indian tree with hard dark purple-brown wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A large Brazilian tree with hard dark wood used for furniture and guitars
A Brazilian tree with hard dark wood used to make fine furniture and guitars
A Central American tree with hard dark streaked wood used to make fine furniture and musical instruments
A Central American tree that makes dark-streaked rosewood for fine furniture and instruments
A tropical tree with strong fragrant wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A hard reddish wood from a tree in India and Myanmar used for fine furniture
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tropical hardwood tree...' is directly derivable from combining 'rosewood' (a type of wood) with 'tree' — i.e. a tree that produces rosewood. This simple noun+noun composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Rosewood tree may come from joining rose and wood because the tree's dark red color and sweet smell made people think of a rose. That's why rosewood trees today mean trees that give rich, beautiful wood used for furniture and musical instruments.