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| sap·pan·wood [ sə pán wd ] (plural sap·pan·woods) |
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1. wood that yields dye: a wood from which a red dye is obtained
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2. tropical Asian tree: the leguminous tree whose wood is sappanwood. Native to: tropical Asia. Latin name Caesalpina sappan.
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| [Early 17th century. < obsolete sappan, via Dutch< Malay sapang] |
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