Rosewood vs. Ebony

Rosewoodnoun

The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.

Rosewoodnoun

Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.

Rosewoodnoun

The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.

Rosewoodnoun

Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).

Rosewoodnoun

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 Machærium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.

Rosewoodnoun

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

Rosewoodnoun

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

Rosewood

Rosewood refers to any of a number of richly hued timbers, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many different hues.

Ebonynoun

(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

Ebonynoun

(countable) A tree that yields such wood.

Ebonynoun

A deep, dark black colour.

Ebonynoun

A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument

Ebonyadjective

Made of ebony wood.

Ebonyadjective

A deep, dark black colour.

Ebonyadjective

Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

Ebonynoun

A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

Ebonyadjective

Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

Ebonynoun

a very dark black

Ebonynoun

hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

Ebonynoun

tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

Ebonyadjective

very dark black

Ebonynoun

heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.

Ebonynoun

a very dark brown or black colour

Ebonynoun

a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.

Ebonynoun

used in names of trees of other families which produce timber similar to ebony, e.g. Jamaican (or American) ebony.

Ebony

Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, which also contains the persimmons. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water.