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sap·pan·wood (sə pan′wo̵od′)

noun

  1. a wood yielding a red or blue dye, obtained from an East Indian tree (Caesalpinia sappan) of the caesalpinia family
  2. the tree

Etymology: partial transl. of Du sapanhout < Malay sapang + Du hout, wood, akin to OE holt: see holt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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