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sandalwood
CIDE DICTIONARY
sandalwood, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. , or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr. candana. Cf. Sanders.].
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album ), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium , the Australian S. latifolium , etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sandalwood, n.
1 the scented wood of a sandal-tree.
2 a perfume derived from this.
1 the scented wood of a sandal-tree.
2 a perfume derived from this.
Idiom
red sandalwood the red wood from either of two SE Asian trees, Adenanthera pavonina and Pterocarpus santalinus, used as timber and to produce a red dye. sandalwood oil a yellow aromatic oil made from the sandal-tree.
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