east indian satinwood — noun Usage: usually capitalized E&I : satinwood 1 … Useful english dictionary
Satinwood — can mean the following:*A name for a wood that can be polished to a high gloss, in particular two woods, from the flowering plant family Rutaceae: ** Chloroxylon swietenia Ceylon Satinwood or East Indian Satinwood ** Zanthoxylum flavum Jamaican… … Wikipedia
satinwood — [sat′ n wood΄] n. 1. any of several very smooth, hard woods used in fine furniture, marquetry, veneers, etc. 2. any of a number of trees yielding such a wood; esp., a) the East Indian satinwood ( Chloroxylon swietenia) of the rue family b) the… … English World dictionary
satinwood — noun Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either , the Ceylon or East Indian satinwood, or , the Jamaican or West Indian satinwood … Wiktionary
Satinwood — Sat in*wood , n. (Bot.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
satinwood tree — noun East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood • Syn: ↑satinwood, ↑Chloroxylon swietenia • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Chloroxylon, ↑genus Chloroxylon … Useful english dictionary
satinwood — [[t]sæ̱tɪnwʊd[/t]] N UNCOUNT Satinwood is a smooth hard wood which comes from an East Indian tree and is used to make furniture … English dictionary
satinwood — /sat n wood /, n. 1. the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used esp. for making furniture. 2. the tree itself. [1785 95; SATIN + WOOD1] * * * ▪ tree (Chloroxylon swietenia), tree of the Rutaceae… … Universalium
satinwood — noun (C, U) an East Indian tree, or the hard smooth wood that comes from this tree … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Chloroxylon — swietenia Chloroxylon swietenia in Narsapur, Medak district, India. Conservation status … Wikipedia
