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sappanwood

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sap·pan·wood  (s-pnwd, spn-, -n-)
n.
1. A tree (Caesalpina sappan) of tropical Asia, having wood that yields a red dye.
2. The wood of this tree.

[Malay sapang + wood.]

sappanwood, sapanwood [ˈsæpənˌwʊd]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small leguminous tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of S Asia producing wood that yields a red dye
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the wood of this tree
[sapan, via Dutch from Malay sapang]


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