資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sapan wood \Sa*pan" wood\ [Malay sapang.] (Bot.)
A dyewood yielded by {C[ae]salpinia Sappan}, a thorny
leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands.
It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also {sappan wood}.]
Redwood \Red"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A gigantic coniferous tree ({Sequoia sempervirens}) of
California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
{Sequoia}.
(b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus
santalinus}, {C[ae]salpinia Sappan}, and several other
trees.
Note: The redwood of Andaman is {Pterocarpus dalbergioides};
that of some parts of tropical America, several species
of {Erythoxylum}; that of Brazil, the species of
{Humirium}.