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satinwood
CIDE DICTIONARY
satinwood, n.
The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia ). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum ) growing in Florida and the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
satinwood, n.
1 a (in full Ceylon satinwood) a tree, Chlororylon swietenia, native to central and southern India and Ceylon. b (in full West Indian satinwood) a tree, Fagara flava, native to the West Indies, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and southern Florida.
2 the yellow glossy timber of either of these trees.
1 a (in full Ceylon satinwood) a tree, Chlororylon swietenia, native to central and southern India and Ceylon. b (in full West Indian satinwood) a tree, Fagara flava, native to the West Indies, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and southern Florida.
2 the yellow glossy timber of either of these trees.
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