The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xanthoxylum Caribaeum
Satinwood \Sat"in*wood`\, n. (Bot.) The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree ( Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash ( Xanthoxylum Carib[ae]um) growing in Florida and the West Indies.