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sat⋅in⋅wood

  [sat-n-wood]
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1. the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used esp. for making furniture.
2. the tree itself.
Origin:
1785–95; satin + wood 1
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sat·in·wood   (sāt'n-wŏŏd')   
n.  

  1. A deciduous tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of India and Sri Lanka, having hard, yellowish, close-grained wood.

  2. A West Indian tree (Zanthoxylum flavum) having smooth, slightly oily, lustrous wood.

  3. The wood of either of these trees, used for furniture and cabinetwork.

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satinwood

(Chloroxylon swietenia), tree of the Rutaceae family native to Southeast Asia, India, and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), or its hard yellowish brown wood, which has a satiny lustre and is used for fine cabinetwork and farming tools. There are also satinwoods of the West Indies (Fagara flava) and of Africa (F. macrophylla), also of the Rutaceae family

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