SATINWOOD TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satinwood tree mean? 

• SATINWOOD TREE (noun)
  The noun SATINWOOD TREE has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood

  Familiarity information: SATINWOOD TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATINWOOD TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree

Hypernyms ("satinwood tree" 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 tree"):

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

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

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