satinwood

Noun

• East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;

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

• West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  satinwood tree , Chloroxylon swietenia , West Indian satinwood , Zanthoxylum flavum