Define the word Chloroxylon Swietenia"Chloroxylon Swietenia" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Satinwood \Sat"in*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
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.
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"Chloroxylon Swietenia" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Yellowwood \Yel"low*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous
tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the
Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the
mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus,
trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
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"Chloroxylon Swietenia" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Zantewood \Zan"te*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and
zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under
Fustic.
(b) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
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"Chloroxylon swietenia" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
Chloroxylon swietenia
n : East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
[syn: satinwood, satinwood tree]
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