Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork.

Nederlands: palissander, rozehout, rozenhout
Pools: palisander

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.

synoniem: rosewood tree.

Nederlands: palissander