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Satinwood
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What's The Definition Of Satinwood?
[n] East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
[n] hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools [n] West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood Synonyms | Synonyms for Satinwood: Chloroxylon swietenia | satinwood tree | West Indian satinwood | Zanthoxylum flavum Related Terms | Find terms related to Satinwood: See Also | angiospermous yellowwood | Chloroxylon | genus Chloroxylon | satinwood | tree | wood Satinwood In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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