ROSEWOOD  , the name given to several distinct kinds. of ornamental See also:

• TIMBER

timber . That, however, so called in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom is Brazilian rosewood, the palissandre of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, the finest qualities of which, coming from the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and See also:

• BAHIA

Bahia, are believed to be the produce principally of Dalbergia See also:

• NIGRA, COSTANTINO, COUNT (1828-1907)

nigra, a leguminous See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of large dimensions, called cabiuna and jacaranda by the Brazilians . The same name, jacaranda, is applied to several See also:

• SPECIES

species of Machaerium, also trees belonging to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• LEGUMINOSAE

Leguminosae; and there can be no doubt that a certain proportion of the rosewood of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from these See also:

• SOURCES

sources . Rosewood comes to the United Kingdom from Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica and See also:

• HONDURAS

Honduras . The heartwood attains large dimensions, but as it begins to decay before the tree arrives at maturity it is always faulty and hollow in the centre . On this See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account squared logs or planks of rosewood are never seen, the See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood being imported in See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round flitches so to 20 ft. in length and from 5 to 12 in. in their thickest See also:

• PART

part . Owing to its irregular See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, the wood is sold by See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, and its value varies within wide limits according to the richness of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . Rosewood has a deep ruddy See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown colour, richly streaked and grained with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black resinous layers . It takes a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• POLISH

polish, but, on account of its resinous nature, it is somewhat difficult to See also:

• WORK

work . The wood is very much in demand both by See also:

• CABINET

cabinet-makers and See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte-makers, by whom it is used both solid and in See also:

• VENEER

veneer . The wood of Dalbergia latifolia, a native of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, used for ornamental See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture and carvings under the name of black wood, is frequently termed East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Rosewood . The Bois de See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose of the French, the Portuguese Pao de See also:

• ROSA, CARL AUGUST NICHOLAS (1843-1889)
• ROSA, MONTE
• ROSA, SALVATOR (1615-1673)

Rosa, and the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Rosenholz is a Brazilian wood, the produce of Physocalymma floribundum, called in the United Kingdom See also:

• TULIP (Tulipa)

tulip wood, and very highly esteemed on account of its beautiful rose colour and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain .