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sapan wood

sapan wood is the alternative form of sappanwood.

Meaning of sappanwood

Noun

sappanwood (usually uncountable, plural sappanwoods)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    sibucao

Questions about sapan wood

What is sapan wood the alternative form of?
Sapan wood is the alternative form of sappanwood.

Words near sapan wood in the dictionary

  1. sapajous
  2. Sapala
  3. Sapalibutad
  4. Sapam
  5. sapan
  6. sapan wood
  7. Sapang Balas
  8. Sapang Dalaga
  9. Sapang Maisac
  10. Sapang Maragul
  11. Sapang Tagalog

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