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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 C…

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  1. n. 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 Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.
  2. n. West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
  3. n. hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
  4. n. East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood
  5. The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietnia). 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.
  6. The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree(Chloroxylon Swietnia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used incabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species ofprickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribæum) growing in Florida and the WestIndies.
  7. n:100 n. West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood n. hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools n. East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;