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Define the word Xanthoxylum Caribaeum"Xanthoxylum Caribaeum" 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.
[1913 Webster]
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