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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye..
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!
Use sappan wood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sappan wood means Wood of Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a flowering timber tree of the legume family Fabaceae that also yields medicine and red dye..
Common synonyms include sibucao.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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!
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