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Satinwood

noun

West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood. Synonyms: West Indian satinwood, Zanthoxylum flavum.

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. Synonyms: Chloroxylon swietenia, satinwood tree.

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"Satinwood" Quotes from Famous Books

... mornings seeking a real Sheraton sofa, with six or eight chairs to match. For a long time they were unfortunate, but they had happened upon two sofas, certainly of the period, probably made by Sheraton himself. A hundred and twenty years had given a beautiful lustre to the satinwood and to the painted garlands of flowers, and the woven cane had attained a rich brown and gold; and the chairs that went with the sofa were works of art, so happy were the proportions of their thin legs and backs, and ...

— Evelyn Innes • George Moore

... the most? Comfort, I think. And old painted satinwood, and cats and prizefights, and dancing, and Spanish shawls, and looking at the ocean, and having my own way. And I dislike argument, and perfume, and fat women, and people who tell the sort of lies that simply insult your intelligence, ...

— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton

... bell. She came back with her eyes on the ground, and paused near the table where the crumpled envelope made a dash of yellow-brown on the polished satinwood. Stonor stood studying the carpet, more concern in his face now that there was only Jean ...

— The Convert • Elizabeth Robins

Words linked to "Satinwood" : satinwood tree, Chloroxylon, West Indian satinwood, Chloroxylon swietenia, tree, Zanthoxylum flavum, wood, genus Chloroxylon, angiospermous yellowwood