English Explanatory Dictionary

satinwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Woody trees in family Rutaceae
  2. Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
  3. Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
  4. Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
  5. Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
  6. Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
  7. Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.

Word forms

satinwood satinwoods

Etymology

From satin + wood.

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