satinwood
- n West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
- n hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
- n East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
- Around a great satinwood table in Ceylon's government offices, the five Prime Ministers convened.
- Others had a veneer of satinwood.
- Of Chelsea figurines, old Crown Derby dinner services, Georgian silver, Oriental table screens, crystal candelabra, needlepoint armchairs, Elizabethan joint-stools, satinwood .