sateenwood

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noun

Wood of Euxylophora paraensis.

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Meanings

nounsateenwood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableWood of Euxylophora paraensis.

    Comes in natural maple and sateenwood

    1938, Farm Journal and Country Gentleman, volume 62, page 55
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    […] even West Indian Cedro from Brazil and Pau Amarillo (Sateenwood) were somewhat eaten.

    1936, University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus). Agricultural Experiment Station, Annual Report for the Fiscal Year ...: 1936-1938, page 35

    Several timbers of local value are also provided by the Rutaceae^([sic]), e.g. […] the Malayan ketenggah (Merrillia caloxylon Swingle), sateenwood, also called Brazilian boxwood and pau amarello, (Euxylophora parensis Huber).

    1957, Harold Ernest Desch, Manual of Malayan Timbers, volume 2, page 511

Origin

* “sateenwood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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