| satinwood | <botany> The hard, lemon-coloured, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietnia). 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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