Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Yellowwood \Yel"low*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
   also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
   called are the {Cladrastis tinctoria}, an American leguminous
   tree; the several species of prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum}); the
   Australian {Flindersia Oxleyana}, a tree related to the
   mahogany; certain South African species of {Podocarpus},
   trees related to the yew; the East Indian {Podocarpus
   latifolia}; and the true satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}).
   All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.

Zantewood \Zan"te*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also {zante}, and
       {zante fustic}. See {Fustet}, and the Note under
       {Fustic}.
   (b) Satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}).

Satinwood \Sat"in*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree
   ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}). It takes a lustrous finish, and is
   used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a
   species of prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum Carib[ae]um}) growing in
   Florida and the West Indies.

Source : WordNet®

Chloroxylon swietenia
     n : East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
         [syn: {satinwood}, {satinwood tree}]