'Xanthoxylum Caribaeum' definitions:

Definition of 'Xanthoxylum Caribaeum'

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]