(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:51:59

sat"in*wood` (?), n. Bot.

The hard, lemon-colored, 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.

 

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