The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SATINWOOD
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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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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.