satinwood

2 definitions found

satinwood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

satinwood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  satinwood
      n 1: West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily
           wood [syn: satinwood, 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, satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia]