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sappanwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From sappan + wood.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye.
   • The dye I'm talking about is quite a different thing from indigo or sappanwood [translating verzino]; it's a dye that makes the color of myrtle appear like flesh to people! 2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 195:

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Synonyms

sibucao