n. (Zool.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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 Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra. [ 1913 Webster ]

African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus. --
Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees (Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina). --
New South Wales rosewood, the wood of Trichilia glandulosa, a tree related to the margosa. [ 1913 Webster ]