Hypertext Webster Gateway: "satinwood"
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) 1.7 (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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