sappanwood

or sa·pan·wood

[ suh-pan-wood ]

noun

1. a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
2. the tree itself.

sappanwood

/ ˈsæpənˌwʊd /

noun

1. a small leguminous tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of S Asia producing wood that yields a red dye
2. the wood of this tree

Word History and Origins

Origin of sappanwood¹

sappan- < Malay səpang, sapang (spelling sepang ) the name of the tree + wood ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sappanwood¹

C16: sapan , via Dutch from Malay sapang