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sandalwood

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sandalwood  \San"dal*wood\,  n.  [F.  sandal,  santal,  fr  Ar 
  [,c]andal,  or  Gr  sa`ntalon;  both  ultimately  fr  Skr. 
  candana.  Cf  {Sanders}.]  (Bot.) 
  a  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. 
  b  Any  tree  of  the  genus  {Santalum},  or  a  tree  which  yields 
  sandalwood. 
  c  The  red  wood  of  a  kind  of  buckthorn,  used  in  Russia  for 
  dyeing  leather  ({Rhamnus  Dahuricus}). 
 
  {False  sandalwood},  the  fragrant  wood  of  several  trees  not  of 
  the  genus  {Santalum},  as  {Ximenia  Americana},  {Myoporum 
  tenuifolium}  of  Tahiti. 
 
  {Red  sandalwood},  a  heavy,  dark  red  dyewood,  being  the 
  heartwood  of  two  leguminous  trees  of  India  ({Pterocarpus 
  santalinus},  and  {Adenanthera  pavonina});  --  called  also 
  {red  sanderswood},  {sanders}  or  {saunders},  and 
  {rubywood}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sandalwood 
  n  :  close-grained  fragrant  yellowish  heartwood  of  the  true 
  sandalwood;  has  insect-repelling  properties  and  is  used 
  for  carving  and  cabinetwork




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