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sappanwood

American  
[suh-pan-wood] / səˈpænˌwʊd /
Or sapanwood

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 British  
/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of sappanwood

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

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