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satinwood

 
Dictionary: sat·in·wood
(săt'n-wʊd') pronunciation
n.
  1. A deciduous tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of India and Sri Lanka, having hard, yellowish, close-grained wood.
  2. A West Indian tree (Zanthoxylum flavum) having smooth, slightly oily, lustrous wood.
  3. The wood of either of these trees, used for furniture and cabinetwork.

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A hard, fine-grained, pale to golden yellow wood of the gum arabic (acacia gum) tree; esp. used in cabinetwork and decorative paneling.


 
Columbia Encyclopedia: satinwood
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satinwood, name for a hard and durable wood with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry. It comes from two tropical trees of the family Rutaceae (rue family). East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is the yellowish or dark-brown heartwood of Chloroxylon swietenia. The lustrous, fine-grained, usually figured wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, veneers, and backs of brushes. West Indian satinwood, sometimes called yellowwood, is considered superior. It is the golden yellow, lustrous, even-grained wood of an evergreen (Zanthoxylum flavum) found in the Florida Keys and the West Indies. It has long been valued for furniture. It is also used for musical instruments, veneers, and other purposes. Satinwood is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Sapindales, family Rutaceae.


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Satinwood can mean the following:



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Dansk (Danish)
n. - satintræ

Nederlands (Dutch)
satijnhout

Français (French)
n. - chloroxylon, bois satiné de l'Inde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Satinholz(baum)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) χλωρόξυλο η σουϊετενία

Italiano (Italian)
legno malese, ferolia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pau-cetim (m)

Русский (Russian)
атласное дерево, древесина атласного дерева

Español (Spanish)
n. - especie de caoba

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sidenträ, atlasträ, citronträ

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
缎木, 缎木木材

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 緞木, 緞木木材

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마호가니류의 나무, 그 목재

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マホガニーの類の木, サテンウッド材

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خشب جميل أملس يستخدم في صنع ألاثاث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אזדרכת צהובה‬


 
 

 

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