satinwood
/ˈsætɪnwʊd/noun
1
- mass noun glossy yellowish timber from a tropical tree, valued for cabinetwork椴木木材。
2
- the tropical hardwood tree that produces this timber椴木。
2.1
- Two species in the family Rutaceae: Ceylon satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia), native to India and Sri Lanka, and West Indian (or Jamaican) satinwood (Zanthoxylum flava), native to the Caribbean, Bermuda, and southern Florida.芸香科中2种：产于印度和斯里兰卡的锡兰椴木（拉丁名Chloroxylon swietenia）, 及产于加勒比、百慕大和南佛罗里达的西印度（或牙买加）黄色花椒木（拉丁名Zanthoxylum flava）。
2.2
- used in names of other trees which yield high-quality timber, e.g. Nigerian satinwood［用于出产优质木材的其他树名, 如Nigerian satinwood］。