sappanwood

sappanwood noun: wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye.

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Noun

sappanwood (usually uncountable, plural sappanwoods)

(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

sappanwood meaning in Tamil

sappanwood in Tamil

sappanwood: பதிமுகம் patimukam

Synonyms of sappanwood

sibucao

Forms of sappanwood

plural	sappanwoods
alternative form	sapan wood
alternative form	sapanwood

Origin of sappanwood

From sappan + wood.

Questions about sappanwood

What does sappanwood mean?: Sappanwood means wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye.
What is sappanwood in Tamil?: Sappanwood in Tamil is பதிமுகம் (patimukam). See Sappanwood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sappanwood?: Sappanwood is a noun.
What is the plural of sappanwood?: The plural of sappanwood is sappanwoods.

Words near sappanwood in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: sappanwood (page history and authors); பதிமுகம் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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