noun
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
• Syn: ↑caviuna wood, ↑jacaranda, ↑Dalbergia nigra
• Hypernyms: ↑rosewood, ↑rosewood tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dalbergia, ↑genus Dalbergia
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nounUsage: usually capitalized B
: an important Brazilian timber tree (Dalbergia nigra) yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black — called also caviuna wood, jacaranda
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1. a Brazilian tree, Dalbergia nigra, of the legume family.
2. the hard, red, black-streaked wood of this tree, used for making furniture. Also called palisander.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.