| Noun | 1. | 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 blackrosewood - hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |