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satinwood

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Satinwood  \Sat"in*wood`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  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  Carib[ae]um})  growing  in 
  Florida  and  the  West  Indies. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  satinwood 
  n  1:  West  Indian  tree  with  smooth  lustrous  and  slightly  oily  wood 
  [syn:  {West  Indian  satinwood},  {Zanthoxylum  flavum}] 
  2:  hard  yellowish  wood  of  a  satinwood  tree  having  a  satiny 
  luster;  used  for  fine  cabinetwork  and  tools 
  3:  East  Indian  tree  with  valuable  hard  lustrous  yellowish  wood; 
  [syn:  {satinwood  tree},  {Chloroxylon  swietenia}]




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