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Purpleheart vs Rosewood - What's the difference?

purpleheart | rosewood |

As nouns the difference between purpleheart and rosewood

is that purpleheart is a large tropical tree, of the genus genus: Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies while rosewood is the fragrant wood of species: Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.

purpleheart

English

(wikipedia purpleheart)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large tropical tree, of the genus , native to parts of South America and the West Indies
  • The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture

    • Synonyms

    *purplewood

    External links

    * (Peltogyne) * (Peltogyne)

    rosewood

    English

    Noun

  • The fragrant wood of , a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
  • Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
  • The wood of a South American tree, , in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.

    • Synonyms

    *(Dalbergia nigra) Brazilian rosewood, Rio rosewood, Bahia rosewood, pianowood

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    *(Dalbergia nigra) *(Dalbergia nigra) *(wikipedia "rosewood") *(Aniba rosaeodora) *(Aniba rosaeodora) *(Aniba rosaeodora)