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satinwood

satinwood noun: chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood).

Noun

satinwood (countable and uncountable, plural satinwoods)

  1. Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
  2. Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
  3. Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
  4. Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
  5. Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
  6. 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 Clodion1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Forms of satinwood

pluralsatinwoods

Origin of satinwood

From satin + wood.

Questions about satinwood

What does satinwood mean?
Satinwood means chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood).
What part of speech is satinwood?
Satinwood is a noun.
What is the plural of satinwood?
The plural of satinwood is satinwoods.

Words near satinwood in the dictionary

  1. satinpods
  2. satins
  3. satins de chine
  4. satintail
  5. satintails
  6. satinwood
  7. satinwoods
  8. satiny
  9. satiné
  10. satiogenic
  11. satire

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