xanthoxylum caribaeum

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xanthoxylum caribaeum - 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]