rosewoodn.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊzwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈroʊzˌwʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: rose n.¹, wood n.¹

Etymology: < rose n.¹ + wood n.¹; in sense 1 after post-classical Latin lignum rhodium (see rhodium n.¹).

1. The fragrant wood of either of two Canary Island bindweeds, Convolvus floridus and C. scoparius, from which a rose-scented aromatic oil is obtained; (also) either of these plants. Cf. rhodium n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > fragrant woods

agalloch1543

rhodium1580

calambac1594

xylobalsamum1616

rosewood1633

eagle-wood1669

calambour1685

rhodian wood1721

santal1728

tambac1728

jacaranda1830

turanira-wood1884

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. xxx. 1625 The smell of this [wood] is also like that of a Rose, whence they vulgarly call it Lignum Rhodium, Rose-wood, rather than from Rhodes the place where the later of them is said to grow.

1659 J. Evelyn Let. 13 Apr. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) I. 336 The Impostors multiplie their Essence of R. with oleum ligni Rhodii, others with that of Benjamin; but it can be neither; for the Oyle of Rose-wood, will vanquish it exceedingly.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 85 Rosewood is accounted astringent and drying.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 396/1 The rose-wood, whence the oleum rhodii is obtained.

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 116 Oil of Rosewood, a volatile oil obtained from rosewood (Convolvulus scoparius).

1906 New Internat. Encycl. V. 361/2 Convovulus scoparius, a shrubby species, native of the Canary Isles, yields one of the kinds of wood called rosewood.

2000 D. Tiran Clin. Aromatherapy for Pregnancy & Childbirth (ed. 2) viii. 154 Rhodium wood oil (Convovulus scoparius, often referred to as ‘rosewood’).

2. Any of several kinds of valuable fragrant, close-grained timber, mostly from tropical leguminous trees of the genus Dalbergia, esp. D. nigra of South America (more fully Brazilian rosewood), and D. latifolia, the blackwood of the East Indies (more fully Indian rosewood), used esp. for making furniture and musical instruments. Also: a tree yielding this wood.The true rosewood of commerce is that imported from South America, esp. from Brazil, where the name jacaranda is applied to Dalbergia and to several species of Machaerium.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > woods of leguminous trees

rosewood1660

partridge-wood1830

pyinkado1832

partridge cane1843

pheasant wood1852

koko1862

itaka-wood1866

queenwood1873

muninga1888

bubinga1912

sucupira1924

wenge1963

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 26 Here is likewise..the most exquisite Rose wood [Fr. Ils ont aussi..quantité de bois..de rose du plus exquis].

1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 40 The wood called Rose-wood is fit not only for the Carpenter, but also for the Joyner.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 252 There is also another particular Wood, which they call Rose-wood... Its colour is black, inclining to red.

1757 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry (new ed.) I. iv. 383 Our Bedheads in general are made of Beech; and it is the common Ground-work of those Pieces of Furniture which are inlaid with Mahogany, Rosewood, or other expensive Kinds.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 246 The smell of real Rose Wood is very fragrant, resembling that of roses.

1861 S. Sloan Homestead Archit. 312 Brazilian rosewood is the most expensive of all woods in general use in Europe and America and is celebrated for its beautifully figured grain.

1894 O. R. Willis Pract. Flora Schools & Colleges 109 The Dalbergia nigra, and D. latifolia are known to be trees from which rosewood is produced.

1934 Archit. Rev. 75 144 (caption) The furniture is in Indian rosewood and Japanese chestnut and the panelling in zebrano.

1969 Times 8 Nov. p. v A late-eighteenth-century Dutch rosewood cabinet was lovingly cared for until its home was bombed and set on fire.

2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar x. 95 The same cannot be said for Brazilian rosewood. Dalbergia nigra, as it's known to scientists, is the world's most valuable tonewood.

3. With distinguishing word: any of various other, mostly tropical, trees that yield timber of a similar appearance or use to rosewood (sense 2); the timber from any of these trees. Dominica rosewood n. the princewood, Cordia gerascanthus, of the West Indies.† Moulmein rosewood n. Obsolete a tree of the genus Millettia, probably M. peguensis, native to Burma (Myanmar).African, Burmese, Jamaica rosewood: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > other timber trees

jasmine-wood1712

fiddlewood1714

loblolly tree1750

rosewood1755

loblolly-wood1756

horn-beech1771

hop hornbeam1785

olive wood1866

myrtle1880

pounce tree1884

rosebush1889

1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 3735/1 The flowers of the jamaica rose-wood are small and white.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 744 The arborescent ones [sc. trees of the genus Milletia] have a hard wood, and one species is said to supply some of the Moulmein Rosewood. None are in cultivation, for they are mostly too large for our hothouses.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 852/1 African rosewood is from Pterocarpus erinaceus.

1904 H. Stone Timbers of Commerce 168 Prince-wood. Cordia gerascanthus. Linn.... Alternative names..Dominica Rosewood: Bois de Cypre: Bois de Roses.

1948 Condor 50 271 Junipers (Juniperus monosperma) and Arizona rosewood (Vauquelinia californica) are also common in upper Alamo Canyon.

1992 Amer. Woodworker Nov.–Dec. 88/2 He can sell granadillo, sometimes referred to as Mexican rosewood, for less than $10 a board foot.

2005 K. Coffman Steel Waters 83 They were making doors with hardwood veneers, Bolivian Rosewood and other hard woods.

4. Any of several West Indian trees of the genus Amyris (family Rutaceae); esp. the candlewood, A. balsamifera, from which an aromatic oil is obtained; (also) the wood of any of these trees.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood

lightwood1693

lignum rhodium1693

candle-wood1712

rosewood1756

grease-wood1845

grease-bush1860

torch-tree1862

amyrisc1865

torchwood1866

candle-bush1890

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 208 White Candlewood, or Rose-wood... The wood..bears a fine polish, and has a fine smell.

1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 644/1 The balsamifera, or rose-wood, is found on gravelly hills in Jamaica and others of the West India islands.

1855 E. G. Squier Notes on Central Amer. 180 Rosewood (Amyris Balsamifera, L.) is common on the northern coast [of Honduras], where it is beginning to become an article of commerce.

1917 G. Harris et al. West Indies as Export Field 88 Rosewood, which is in demand for various purposes, splits readily into strips and is used by the Jamaicans for torches.

1997 N. Groom New Perfume Handbk. (ed. 2) 303 The West Indian Sandalwood tree (also called Candlewood and Rose-wood) (Amyris balsamifera)..provides West Indian Sandalwood Oil.

5. Any of several Australasian trees having a fragrant or reddish timber; esp. (more fully Australian rosewood) the rose mahogany or pencil cedar, Dysoxylum fraserianum, and any of several acacias; (also) the wood of any of these trees.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian

tallow-tree1704

rata1773

rosewood1779

red mahogany1798

ironbark1799

wild orange1802

red gum1803

rewarewa1817

red cedar1818

black-butted gum1820

Huon pine1820

miro1820

oak1821

horoeka1831

hinau1832

maire1832

totara1832

blackbutt1833

marri1833

raspberry jam tree1833

kohekohe1835

puriri1835

tawa1839

hickory1840

whau1840

pukatea1841

titoki1842

butterbush1843

iron gum1844

York gum1846

mangeao1848

myall1848

ironheart1859

lilly-pilly1860

belah1862

flindosa1862

jarrah1866

silky oak1866

teak of New South Wales1866

Tolosa-wood1866

turmeric-tree1866

walking-stick palm1869

tooart1870

queenwood1873

tarairi1873

boree1878

yate1880

axe-breaker1884

bangalay1884

coachwood1884

cudgerie1884

feather-wood1884

forest mahogany1884

maiden's blush1884

swamp mahogany1884

tallow-wood1884

teak of New Zealand1884

wandoo1884

heartwood1885

ivorywood1887

Jimmy Low1887

Burdekin plum1889

corkwood1889

pigeon-berry ash1889

red beech1889

silver beech1889

turnip-wood1891

black bean1895

red bean1895

pinkwood1898

poplar1898

rose mahogany1898

quandong1908

lancewood1910

New Zealand honeysuckle1910

Queensland walnut1919

mahogany gum1944

Australian mahogany1948

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 256 Here grows a kind of rose wood, called narra, many dammer trees.

1838 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. I. 203 One or two trees of a warmer green, of what they call ‘rosewood’,..gave a fine effect.

1844 L. Leichhardt in J. D. Lang Cooksland (1847) 91 The Rosewood Acacia, the wood of which has a very agreeable violet scent like the Myal Acacia.

1903 Tasmanian Timbers (Tasmania Lands & Survey Dept.) 29 Pinkwood or Rosewood (Beyera viscosa)..a small tree with a reddish wood.

1966 Some Poisonous Plants New World 77 Boonery, or rosewood grows into a medium sized tree and is commonly found on the slopes and plains.

1984 E. Rolls Celebration of Senses 153 I sit to write on a chair of leather and Australian rosewood made by a craftsman.

2003 R. Elliot Austral. Plants for Mediterranean Climate Gardens 64 Coast Myall or Rosewood, Acacia binervia..is an outstanding long lived large shrub to medium-sized tree with ornamental bluish grey foliage.

6. The reddish-brown colour of rosewood.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red

rufe?c1400

red-fallowc1425

colour-de-roy1531

roy1549

red roan1639

rubiginy1657

rust1716

brick-red1759

brick-dust red1776

morone1777

maroon1779

rufous1783

brick1793

tile-red1805

brick dusta1807

worm red1831

cinnamon-red1882

chaudron1883

rosewood1897

tony1921

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 22/3 Wood stains..Perfect imitations of natural woods, Cherry, Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut [etc.].

1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 13/1 (advt.) Shades, beaver, brown, rosewood, and drab.

1971 Vogue Dec. 148/2 Jersey..colours..rosewood, oak, moss.

1996 Damart Catal. Spring 8 Cardigan... Available in Rosewood, White, Jade, Red or Navy.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as rosewood marble, rosewood oil, rosewood piano, rosewood shelf, rosewood tree, etc.

ΚΠ

1740 C. Cock Catal. Dwelling-House, Coach-house, & Stables 9 A fine rose wood chest, with drawers on a frame.

1782 C. Cartwright List Duties Goods Imported 1782 (end matter) p. ii Rosewood Furniture.

1835 E. FitzGerald Let. July (1945) I. 292 I am..inditing of this letter upon that capacious but now battered rosewood desk.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xxx, in Poems (new ed.) II. 71 She left the novel half-uncut Upon the rosewood shelf.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lv. 490 She also left the fire irons,..and the rosewood cottage piano.

1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 225/1 Rosewood marble, so called from its marking resembling that of rosewood, is extremely hard and of close texture.

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 116 Rosewood-oil is sometimes used for adulterating oil of roses.

1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 148 Dalbergia latifolia.., the Blackwood or Rosewood tree of Southern India.

1916 E. A. G. Glasgow Life & Gabriella i. i. 15 In the corner..there was a rosewood bookcase.

1978 Daily Tel. 6 May 14/8 (advt.) Broadwood overstrung Rosewood piano.

1989 S. B. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest iii. 47 The rosewood tree, desired for its aromatic oil,..has virtually disappeared.

2001 Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Sask.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. f2 The wood preservative is made with Oiticica oil (rosewood oil), a vegetable oil that is very thin and has extremely unusual penetrating power.

C2. Parasynthetic, as rosewood-coloured.

ΚΠ

1834 J. A. St. John Egypt & Mohammed Ali I. xix. 353 A spear with a rosewood-coloured handle, belonging to a native of Darfoor.

1916 I. S. Cobb Old Judge Priest ii. 68 Uncle Zach Mathews, a rosewood-coloured person.

2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) ix. 3/3 The blade tang fits into a rosewood coloured handle.

Derivatives

† rosewoodize v. Obsolete rare transitive to cause to become the colour of rosewood.

ΚΠ

1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone v A race of women that the northern sun peachifies instead of rosewoodizing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rosewood
释义	rosewoodn. Brit. /ˈrəʊzwʊd/, U.S. /ˈroʊzˌwʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: rose n.¹, wood n.¹ Etymology: < rose n.¹ + wood n.¹; in sense 1 after post-classical Latin lignum rhodium (see rhodium n.¹). 1. The fragrant wood of either of two Canary Island bindweeds, Convolvus floridus and C. scoparius, from which a rose-scented aromatic oil is obtained; (also) either of these plants. Cf. rhodium n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > fragrant woods agalloch1543 rhodium1580 calambac1594 xylobalsamum1616 rosewood1633 eagle-wood1669 calambour1685 rhodian wood1721 santal1728 tambac1728 jacaranda1830 turanira-wood1884 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. xxx. 1625 The smell of this [wood] is also like that of a Rose, whence they vulgarly call it Lignum Rhodium, Rose-wood, rather than from Rhodes the place where the later of them is said to grow. 1659 J. Evelyn Let. 13 Apr. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) I. 336 The Impostors multiplie their Essence of R. with oleum ligni Rhodii, others with that of Benjamin; but it can be neither; for the Oyle of Rose-wood, will vanquish it exceedingly. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 85 Rosewood is accounted astringent and drying. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 396/1 The rose-wood, whence the oleum rhodii is obtained. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 116 Oil of Rosewood, a volatile oil obtained from rosewood (Convolvulus scoparius). 1906 New Internat. Encycl. V. 361/2 Convovulus scoparius, a shrubby species, native of the Canary Isles, yields one of the kinds of wood called rosewood. 2000 D. Tiran Clin. Aromatherapy for Pregnancy & Childbirth (ed. 2) viii. 154 Rhodium wood oil (Convovulus scoparius, often referred to as ‘rosewood’). 2. Any of several kinds of valuable fragrant, close-grained timber, mostly from tropical leguminous trees of the genus Dalbergia, esp. D. nigra of South America (more fully Brazilian rosewood), and D. latifolia, the blackwood of the East Indies (more fully Indian rosewood), used esp. for making furniture and musical instruments. Also: a tree yielding this wood.The true rosewood of commerce is that imported from South America, esp. from Brazil, where the name jacaranda is applied to Dalbergia and to several species of Machaerium. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > woods of leguminous trees rosewood1660 partridge-wood1830 pyinkado1832 partridge cane1843 pheasant wood1852 koko1862 itaka-wood1866 queenwood1873 muninga1888 bubinga1912 sucupira1924 wenge1963 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 26 Here is likewise..the most exquisite Rose wood [Fr. Ils ont aussi..quantité de bois..de rose du plus exquis]. 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 40 The wood called Rose-wood is fit not only for the Carpenter, but also for the Joyner. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 252 There is also another particular Wood, which they call Rose-wood... Its colour is black, inclining to red. 1757 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry (new ed.) I. iv. 383 Our Bedheads in general are made of Beech; and it is the common Ground-work of those Pieces of Furniture which are inlaid with Mahogany, Rosewood, or other expensive Kinds. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 246 The smell of real Rose Wood is very fragrant, resembling that of roses. 1861 S. Sloan Homestead Archit. 312 Brazilian rosewood is the most expensive of all woods in general use in Europe and America and is celebrated for its beautifully figured grain. 1894 O. R. Willis Pract. Flora Schools & Colleges 109 The Dalbergia nigra, and D. latifolia are known to be trees from which rosewood is produced. 1934 Archit. Rev. 75 144 (caption) The furniture is in Indian rosewood and Japanese chestnut and the panelling in zebrano. 1969 Times 8 Nov. p. v A late-eighteenth-century Dutch rosewood cabinet was lovingly cared for until its home was bombed and set on fire. 2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar x. 95 The same cannot be said for Brazilian rosewood. Dalbergia nigra, as it's known to scientists, is the world's most valuable tonewood. 3. With distinguishing word: any of various other, mostly tropical, trees that yield timber of a similar appearance or use to rosewood (sense 2); the timber from any of these trees. Dominica rosewood n. the princewood, Cordia gerascanthus, of the West Indies.† Moulmein rosewood n. Obsolete a tree of the genus Millettia, probably M. peguensis, native to Burma (Myanmar).African, Burmese, Jamaica rosewood: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > other timber trees jasmine-wood1712 fiddlewood1714 loblolly tree1750 rosewood1755 loblolly-wood1756 horn-beech1771 hop hornbeam1785 olive wood1866 myrtle1880 pounce tree1884 rosebush1889 1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 3735/1 The flowers of the jamaica rose-wood are small and white. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 744 The arborescent ones [sc. trees of the genus Milletia] have a hard wood, and one species is said to supply some of the Moulmein Rosewood. None are in cultivation, for they are mostly too large for our hothouses. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 852/1 African rosewood is from Pterocarpus erinaceus. 1904 H. Stone Timbers of Commerce 168 Prince-wood. Cordia gerascanthus. Linn.... Alternative names..Dominica Rosewood: Bois de Cypre: Bois de Roses. 1948 Condor 50 271 Junipers (Juniperus monosperma) and Arizona rosewood (Vauquelinia californica) are also common in upper Alamo Canyon. 1992 Amer. Woodworker Nov.–Dec. 88/2 He can sell granadillo, sometimes referred to as Mexican rosewood, for less than $10 a board foot. 2005 K. Coffman Steel Waters 83 They were making doors with hardwood veneers, Bolivian Rosewood and other hard woods. 4. Any of several West Indian trees of the genus Amyris (family Rutaceae); esp. the candlewood, A. balsamifera, from which an aromatic oil is obtained; (also) the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood lightwood1693 lignum rhodium1693 candle-wood1712 rosewood1756 grease-wood1845 grease-bush1860 torch-tree1862 amyrisc1865 torchwood1866 candle-bush1890 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 208 White Candlewood, or Rose-wood... The wood..bears a fine polish, and has a fine smell. 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 644/1 The balsamifera, or rose-wood, is found on gravelly hills in Jamaica and others of the West India islands. 1855 E. G. Squier Notes on Central Amer. 180 Rosewood (Amyris Balsamifera, L.) is common on the northern coast [of Honduras], where it is beginning to become an article of commerce. 1917 G. Harris et al. West Indies as Export Field 88 Rosewood, which is in demand for various purposes, splits readily into strips and is used by the Jamaicans for torches. 1997 N. Groom New Perfume Handbk. (ed. 2) 303 The West Indian Sandalwood tree (also called Candlewood and Rose-wood) (Amyris balsamifera)..provides West Indian Sandalwood Oil. 5. Any of several Australasian trees having a fragrant or reddish timber; esp. (more fully Australian rosewood) the rose mahogany or pencil cedar, Dysoxylum fraserianum, and any of several acacias; (also) the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 256 Here grows a kind of rose wood, called narra, many dammer trees. 1838 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. I. 203 One or two trees of a warmer green, of what they call ‘rosewood’,..gave a fine effect. 1844 L. Leichhardt in J. D. Lang Cooksland (1847) 91 The Rosewood Acacia, the wood of which has a very agreeable violet scent like the Myal Acacia. 1903 Tasmanian Timbers (Tasmania Lands & Survey Dept.) 29 Pinkwood or Rosewood (Beyera viscosa)..a small tree with a reddish wood. 1966 Some Poisonous Plants New World 77 Boonery, or rosewood grows into a medium sized tree and is commonly found on the slopes and plains. 1984 E. Rolls Celebration of Senses 153 I sit to write on a chair of leather and Australian rosewood made by a craftsman. 2003 R. Elliot Austral. Plants for Mediterranean Climate Gardens 64 Coast Myall or Rosewood, Acacia binervia..is an outstanding long lived large shrub to medium-sized tree with ornamental bluish grey foliage. 6. The reddish-brown colour of rosewood. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > brownish red rufe?c1400 red-fallowc1425 colour-de-roy1531 roy1549 red roan1639 rubiginy1657 rust1716 brick-red1759 brick-dust red1776 morone1777 maroon1779 rufous1783 brick1793 tile-red1805 brick dusta1807 worm red1831 cinnamon-red1882 chaudron1883 rosewood1897 tony1921 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 22/3 Wood stains..Perfect imitations of natural woods, Cherry, Rosewood, Mahogany, Walnut [etc.]. 1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 13/1 (advt.) Shades, beaver, brown, rosewood, and drab. 1971 Vogue Dec. 148/2 Jersey..colours..rosewood, oak, moss. 1996 Damart Catal. Spring 8 Cardigan... Available in Rosewood, White, Jade, Red or Navy. Compounds C1. General attributive, as rosewood marble, rosewood oil, rosewood piano, rosewood shelf, rosewood tree, etc. ΚΠ 1740 C. Cock Catal. Dwelling-House, Coach-house, & Stables 9 A fine rose wood chest, with drawers on a frame. 1782 C. Cartwright List Duties Goods Imported 1782 (end matter) p. ii Rosewood Furniture. 1835 E. FitzGerald Let. July (1945) I. 292 I am..inditing of this letter upon that capacious but now battered rosewood desk. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xxx, in Poems (new ed.) II. 71 She left the novel half-uncut Upon the rosewood shelf. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lv. 490 She also left the fire irons,..and the rosewood cottage piano. 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 225/1 Rosewood marble, so called from its marking resembling that of rosewood, is extremely hard and of close texture. 1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 116 Rosewood-oil is sometimes used for adulterating oil of roses. 1874 J. L. Stewart & D. Brandis Forest Flora N.-W. & Central India 148 Dalbergia latifolia.., the Blackwood or Rosewood tree of Southern India. 1916 E. A. G. Glasgow Life & Gabriella i. i. 15 In the corner..there was a rosewood bookcase. 1978 Daily Tel. 6 May 14/8 (advt.) Broadwood overstrung Rosewood piano. 1989 S. B. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest iii. 47 The rosewood tree, desired for its aromatic oil,..has virtually disappeared. 2001 Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Sask.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. f2 The wood preservative is made with Oiticica oil (rosewood oil), a vegetable oil that is very thin and has extremely unusual penetrating power. C2. Parasynthetic, as rosewood-coloured. ΚΠ 1834 J. A. St. John Egypt & Mohammed Ali I. xix. 353 A spear with a rosewood-coloured handle, belonging to a native of Darfoor. 1916 I. S. Cobb Old Judge Priest ii. 68 Uncle Zach Mathews, a rosewood-coloured person. 2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) ix. 3/3 The blade tang fits into a rosewood coloured handle. Derivatives † rosewoodize v. Obsolete rare transitive to cause to become the colour of rosewood. ΚΠ 1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone v A race of women that the northern sun peachifies instead of rosewoodizing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1633
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