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Satinwood
WordNet
noun
(1) East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
(2) Hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
(3) West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia, the Ceylon or East Indian satinwood, or Zanthoxylum flavum, the Jamaican or West Indian satinwood.