satinwood | (n) East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood, Syn. satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia |
Swietenia | ‖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. [ 1913 Webster ] |