Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

rosewood
     n 1: hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly
          marked grain; used in cabinetwork
     2: 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}]