'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]