'Sappan wood' definitions:

Definition of 'Sappan wood'

From: GCIDE
  • Sappan wood \Sap*pan" wood"\ Sapan wood. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sappan wood'

From: GCIDE
  • Sapan wood \Sa*pan" wood\ [Malay sapang.] (Bot.) A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also sappan wood.] [1913 Webster]