Rosewood vs. Ebony — What's the Difference?

Rosewood refers to any of a number of richly hued timbers, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many different hues.

Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, which also contains the persimmons. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water.

Any of various tropical trees chiefly of the genus Dalbergia in the pea family, having hard brown to purplish wood with dark brown or black streaks.

Heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.

The wood of any of these trees, used for cabinetwork and musical instruments.

A tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.

The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.

Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros.

Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.

The wood of such a tree, especially the hard black heartwood of D. ebenum or certain other species, used in cabinetwork and inlaying and for piano keys.

The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.

The hard dark wood of various other trees.

Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).

The color black; ebon.

A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machærium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.

Made of or suggesting ebony.

Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork

Black in color.

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

(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

(countable) A tree that yields such wood.

A deep, dark black colour.

A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.

Made of ebony wood.

A deep, dark black colour.

Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

A very dark black

Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

Very dark black