Meanings
plural sappanwoods · alternative sapan wood · alternative sapanwood
- uncountableusuallyWood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye.
The dye I'm talking about is quite a different thing from indigo or sappanwood [translating verzino]; it's a dye that makes the color of myrtle appear like flesh to people!
2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 195Synonyms: sibucao
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye.
Origin
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sappanwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sappanwood
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