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Satinweave


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 Caribæum ) growing in Florida and the West Indies.


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