Dalbergia latifolia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Dalbergia latifolia
    n 1: East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood [syn:
         {Indian blackwood}, {East Indian rosewood}, {East India
         rosewood}, {Indian rosewood}, {Dalbergia latifolia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blackwood \Black"wood\ (bl[a^]k"w[oo^]d), n.
   A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian
   black wood is from the tree {Dalbergia latifolia}. --Balfour.
   [1913 Webster]

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