sappanwood

English

Noun

sappanwood (uncountable)

1. The wood of Caesalpinia sappan, a flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
   • 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, p. 195:

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