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 satinwood2: the wood of a satinwood