'Chloroxylon Swietenia' definitions:

Definition of 'Chloroxylon swietenia'

noun

East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood; [syn: satinwood, satinwood tree, Chloroxylon swietenia]

From: GCIDE

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 Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Zantewood \Zan"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). [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]