Satinwood

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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 Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.

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satinwood
n. a name applied to two Australiantrees from the nature of their timber – – Xanthoxylumbrachyacant...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris