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satinwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From satin + wood.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Woody trees in family Rutaceae ▸ Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
2. (countable, uncountable) Woody trees in family Rutaceae ▸ Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
3. (countable, uncountable) Woody trees in family Rutaceae ▸ Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
4. (countable, uncountable) Woody trees in family Rutaceae ▸ Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
5. (countable, uncountable) Woody trees in family Rutaceae ▸ Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
6. (countable, uncountable) Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
   • On a tiny satinwood table stood a statuette by Clodion 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:

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