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sappanwood

sap·pan·wood [ sə pán wd ] (plural sap·pan·woods)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. wood that yields dye: a wood from which a red dye is obtained

2. tropical Asian tree: the leguminous tree whose wood is sappanwood. Native to: tropical Asia.  Latin name Caesalpina sappan.

[Early 17th century. < obsolete sappan, via Dutch< Malay sapang]
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