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| MAIN GLOSSARY | GLOSSARY OF wood | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ROSEWOOD A hard dark, purplish red wood sometimes streaked with black or brown, used as a contrasting wood for both veneers and inlays. A popular name for the ornamental wood of several species of tropical trees. There are some 200 varieties including kingwood found in America and used in the late 17th century; tulipwood which is found in Brazil. Brazilian rosewood, or jacaranda (D. nigra), is one of Brazil's finest woods, important in its commerce for 300 years but now close to extinction. It is obtained from the purplish-black heartwood of old trees, is rather oily, fragrant?whence the name?and durable and is used whole or in veneers for piano casings and other kinds of cabinetwork and for tools, instruments, brush backs, and other articles. Among Old World species are the East Indian rosewood, or black rosewood (D. latifolia), which is a deep, rich purple streaked with golden yellow to black, and the very hard African blackwood (D. melanoxylon), which is used as a substitute for ebony. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  |
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