rosewood

Meanings

1. The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
2. Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
3. The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
4. Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).

1. A surname.
2. A placename.
3. A locality in the Greater Hume council area and the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
4. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
5. A town and locality in Queensland, Australia.
6. An affluent residential neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
7. An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, United States.
9. A locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
10. An unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States, the site of the Rosewood massacre of 1923.
11. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana, United States.
12. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States.

Etymology

A compound of rose + wood, originally so named because of the rose-scented aromatic oil derived from it; applied in later senses on account of these woods’ predominantly reddish-brown colour.