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sapanwood

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sa⋅pan⋅wood

[suh-pan-wood]
–noun
sappanwood.

sap⋅pan⋅wood

[suh-pan-wood]
–noun
1. a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
2. the tree itself.
Also, sapanwood.


Origin:
sappan- < Malay səpang, sapang (sp. sepang) the name of the tree + wood 1
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