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Chloroxylon Swietenia Yellowwood Yel"low*wood`, n. (Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous
tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the
Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the
mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus,
trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus
latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
Chloroxylon Swietenia Zantewood an"te*wood`, n. (Bot.)
(a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and
zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under
Fustic.
(b) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).
Chloroxylon Swietenia 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.
Swietenia Swietenia Swie*te"ni*a, n. [NL. Named after Gerard Van
Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.] (Bot.)
A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species
(Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.
Swietenia Mahogoni Madeira wood Madeira wood (Bot.)
(a) The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni).
(b) A West Indian leguminous tree (Lysiloma Latisiliqua)
the wood of which is used for boat trimming.
