Main Entry: sat·in·wood

Pronunciation: \ˈsa-t^ən-ˌwu̇d\

Function: noun

Date: 1792

1 a : a tree (Chloroxylon swietenia) of the rue family native to India and Sri Lanka that yields a lustrous yellowish-brown wood b : a tree (as the West Indian Zanthoxylum flavum of the rue family) with wood resembling true satinwood
2 : the wood of a satinwood