African rosewood

noun

Millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.

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Meanings

nounAfrican rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural African rosewoods)

plural African rosewoods

  1. A vernacular name for several plants:
    1. countableuncountableMillettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.
    2. countableuncountableSpecies in the genus Guibourtia, including
    3. countableuncountableGuibourtia coleosperma, a tree species of Angola and some neighboring countries.
    4. countableuncountableHagenia abyssinica (East African rosewood), a species of flowering plant native to high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa.
    5. countableuncountablePterocarpus erinaceus, or other African Pterocarpus spp.
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