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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sat·in·wood /ˈsætṇˌwʊd/
 緞木,緞木木材

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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 Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 satinwood
      n 1: West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
           [syn: West Indian satinwood, Zanthoxylum flavum]
      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;
         [syn: satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia]