palisandro

Definitions of palisandro
  1. noun
    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
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    types:
    jacaranda, jacarandá
    an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
    type of:
    árbol
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  2. noun
    hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
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    type of:
    madera
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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