Satinwood

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satinwood \Sat"in*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satinwood
       n 1: West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
            [syn: {West Indian satinwood}, {Zanthoxylum flavum}]
       2: hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny
          luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
       3: East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
          [syn: {satinwood tree}, {Chloroxylon swietenia}]