satinwood

A deciduous tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of South Asia, having hard, yellowish, close-grained wood.

A West Indian tree (Zanthoxylum flavum) having smooth, slightly oily, lustrous wood.

Any of several other trees having similar wood.

The wood of any of these trees, used for furniture and cabinetwork.

The wood of Chloroxylon Swietenia, of the order Meliaceæ; also, the tree itself.

The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.

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.

West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood

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

East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood