satinwood

Noun.  ood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either ''Chloroxylon swietenia'', the Ceylon or East Indian satinwood, or ''Zanthoxylum flavum'', the Jamaican or West Indian satinwood.

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