sappanwood

English

sappanwood from Buton Island, Indonesia

Etymology

sappan +‎ wood

Noun

sappanwood (uncountable)

1. The wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree also yielding meducine and red dye, in the legume family Fabaceae.
   • 2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 195:

     The dye I'm talking about is quite a different thing from indigo or sappanwood [translating verzino]; it's a dye that makes the color of myrtle appear like flesh to people!

References

• sappanwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia