n.
Pronunciation: ' sa-t ə n- ˌ wu ̇ d
Function: noun
Date: 1792
1 a : a tree ( Chloroxylon swietenia ) of the rue family native to India and Sri Lanka that yields a lustrous yellowish-brown wood b : a tree (as the West Indian Zanthoxylum flavum of the rue family) with wood resembling true satinwood
2 : the wood of a satinwood