DALBERGIA NIGRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dalbergia nigra mean? 

• DALBERGIA NIGRA (noun)
  The noun DALBERGIA NIGRA has 1 sense:

1. an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black

  Familiarity information: DALBERGIA NIGRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DALBERGIA NIGRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brazilian rosewood; caviuna wood; Dalbergia nigra; jacaranda

Hypernyms ("Dalbergia nigra" is a kind of...):

rosewood; rosewood tree (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)

Holonyms ("Dalbergia nigra" is a member of...):

Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)