The Collaborative International Dictionary
Linocieria ligustrina
Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Mach[ae]rium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus.
Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees ( Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina).
New South Wales rosewood, the wood of Trichilia glandulosa, a tree related to the margosa.