Crossword clues for rosewood
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The fragrant wood of (taxlink Dalbergia nigra species noshow=1), 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, (taxlink Aniba rosaeodora species noshow=1), in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
WordNet
n. hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black [syn: rosewood tree]
Gazetteer
Wikipedia
Rosewood refers to any of a number of richly hued timbers, often brownish with darker veining but found in many different hues.
Rosewood is a 1997 film directed by John Singleton. While based on historic events of the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, when a white mob killed blacks and destroyed their town, the film introduces fictional characters and changes from historic accounts. In a major change, it stars Ving Rhames as an outsider who comes into Rosewood and inspires residents to self-defense, wielding his pistols in a fight. The supporting cast includes Don Cheadle as Sylvester Carrier, a resident who was a witness, defender of his family and victim of the riot; and Jon Voight as a sympathetic white store owner who lives in a village near Rosewood. The three characters become entangled in an attempt to save people from racist whites attacking the blacks of Rosewood.
Due to its scenes of violence, assault, and sex, and profuse use of racial slurs and curses, the film received a Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating of R. It was favorably reviewed by many critics, more than any John Singleton film since Boyz n the Hood. The film was not a commercial success, and it was unable to recoup its $30 million budget at the box office.
The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.
Rosewood refers to a number of richly hued timbers. Rosewood may also refer to:
Rosewood is an album led by trumpter Woody Shaw which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Columbia label.
Rosewood is an American police procedural television series created by Todd Harthan, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr., a private pathologist working in Miami, Florida, in high demand with law enforcement. The series premiered on Fox on September 23, 2015. On October 16, 2015, Fox picked up Rosewood for a full season of 22 episodes. On April 7, 2016 Fox renewed the series for a second season.
Usage examples of "rosewood".
Holy Orders than a boy of thirteen: a richly illuminated Book of Hours, a rosewood and silver crucifix worthy of a cathedral chapel, a relic of the martyred Saint Willim sealed in a crystal reliquary, and from Hubert, a starkly functional silver chalice and paten and a chasuble of creamy wool, surprisingly plain compared to the other gifts.
The two men sat, wrapped in a companionable silence and a great deal of smoke from their pipes while Mevrouw Van Minn en sat at her pretty little rosewood worktable, stitching at her gros-point.
Genesee building was a two-story stucco quadriplex nearly the exact gray of the Toyota, between Beverly and Rosewood.
Chesterfields grouped around the almost new Gothic fireplace in which stood a display of wintry sedge, by the unplayed, untuned harpsichord and the unused rosewood music stands, by the heavy velvet curtains, loosely restrained by an orange and blue tasseled rope, framing a partial view of cloudless sky and the yellow and gray mottled terrace where chamomile and feverfew grew between the paving cracks.
In a strong northeaster they rounded Cape Antonio the next morning and headed southwest down the Yucatan Channel toward Barranquilla to pick up a neutral cargo of mahogany and rosewood, and not incidentally, an important British subject.
The dense, variegated forest was rich in ebony, rosewood, brazilwood, and mahogany trees.
And now, this afternoon, she looked at the rosewood chiffonnier with longing eyes--she even gave that pretty little piece of furniture a slight shake.
Taking a different route than usual - past La Cienega, then doubling back on Rosewood.
Silently, in a dream she had come to him after her death, her wasted body within its loose brown graveclothes giving off an odour of wax and rosewood, her breath, that had bent upon him, mute, reproachful, a faint odour of wetted ashes.
The spacious reception hall had a limestone floor, honey-tone wood paneling, a pair of rosewood Chinese chairs with emerald-green cushions, and a central table holding a large red-bronze jardiniere filled with dozens of fresh yellow, red, and orange tulips.
For our part, we ship fine furniture timbers like rosewood, tulipwood and padauk from Indonesia to the USA.
There were rows of benches for the petitioners to use while they waited, and busts of past chancellors lined the rosewood walls, staring down at Akeela with cold detachment.
There were no ordinary chairs, but rather satin-covered chaises, and handcarved Roman couches, tables inlaid with mother-of-pearl, cabinets of rosewood, and armoires of ebony.
There was a little rosewood wall table opposite the desk with a bowl of pink chrysanthemums on it, and the carpet was thick and soft.
The house in Woburn Place looked as if it had remained unchanged through decades of Listers, kept to its original brass fittings, its stained-glass fanlight, newel post, rosewood table in the entrance-room sitting on a Belgian carpet so silky it reflected the dim light.