Meaning of satinwood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Woody trees in family Rutaceae
   countable, uncountable
2. Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
   countable, uncountable
3. Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
   countable, uncountable
4. Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
   countable, uncountable
5. Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
   countable, uncountable
6. Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
   countable, uncountable
7. Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“On a tiny satinwood table stood a statuette by Clodion”

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