SATINWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satinwood mean? 

• SATINWOOD (noun)
  The noun SATINWOOD has 3 senses:

1. West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood

2. hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools

3. East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood

  Familiarity information: SATINWOOD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATINWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

satinwood; West Indian satinwood; Zanthoxylum flavum

Hypernyms ("satinwood" is a kind of...):

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("satinwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("satinwood" is a substance of...):

Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree (East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood)

Sense 3

Meaning:

East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree

Hypernyms ("satinwood" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "satinwood"):

satinwood (hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools)

Holonyms ("satinwood" is a member of...):

Chloroxylon; genus Chloroxylon (deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka)