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sappon

sappon is the alternative form of sapan.

Meaning of sapan

Noun

sapan (usually uncountable, plural sapans)

  1. (usually) Wood of a timber tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) that also produces a red dye.

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Questions about sappon

What is sappon the alternative form of?
Sappon is the alternative form of sapan.

Words near sappon in the dictionary

  1. Sappingtons
  2. sapple
  3. sapples
  4. sappodilla
  5. sappodillas
  6. sappon
  7. Sapporo
  8. Sapps
  9. sappy
  10. sapr-
  11. sapraemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sappon (page history and authors); sapan (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.

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