The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SATINWOOD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SATINWOOD
- Timber producer occupied court, close to accused
- Wrong to disown a fine cabinet maker
- Town sad, I suspect, about old tree
- Perhaps communed with nature in tree
- Can seek to cut down tree
- What arboreal picnickers did that’s useful to joiner?
- Doctor Watson, do I detect an exotic tree?
- Can solicit to cut down tree
- Smooth material can be seductive in blue
- Damage is down to a
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The straight part
We know that "tree/tree" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tree/tree = satinwood.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SATINWOOD mean?
SATINWOOD noun- Woody trees in family Rutaceae
- Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.