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 Caribæum) growing in Florida
and the West Indies.
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 Caribæum) growing in Florida
and the West Indies.