satinwood meaning

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satinwood (noun): West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood.

satinwood has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

satinwood as a noun

  1. West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood

    Synonyms: West Indian satinwood, Zanthoxylum flavum

    Type of: angiospermous yellowwood

  2. hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools

    Type of: wood

  3. East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood

    Synonyms: satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia

    Type of: tree

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SA · words ending in OD · 9-letter words

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