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sandalwood — [san′dəlwood΄] n. [sandal, sandalwood < ME sandell < MFr sandal < ML sandalum < LGr santalon < Ar ṣandal, ult. < Sans candana < IE base * kand , to gleam, bright > L candere, to shine] 1. a) the hard, light colored,… … English World dictionary
sandalwood — /san dl wood /, n. 1. the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense. 2. any of these trees, esp. S. album (white sandalwood), an evergreen of India, having ovate… … Universalium
sandalwood — noun Etymology: sandal sandalwood (from Middle English, from Anglo French sandali, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek santalon, ultimately from Sanskrit candana, of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil cāntu sandalwood tree) + 2wood Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
sandalwood — san•dal•wood [[t]ˈsæn dlˌwʊd[/t]] n. 1) pln the fragrant reddish yellow heartwood of an Indian tree, Santalum album, or of related trees in the sandalwood family: used for incense and ornamental carving 2) pln any of various similar trees or… … From formal English to slang
family Santalaceae — noun chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one seeded fruit • Syn: ↑Santalaceae, ↑sandalwood family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Santalales, ↑order Santalales … Useful english dictionary
Sandalwood — For other uses, see Sandalwood (disambiguation). Santalum paniculatum (ʻiliahi), Hawaiʻi Sandalwood is the name of a class of fragrant woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine grained, and unlike many other… … Wikipedia
sandalwood — /ˈsændlwʊd / (say sandlwood) noun 1. a. any of certain Asian and Australian trees of the genus Santalum (family Santalaceae), especially S. album (white sandalwood), an evergreen of India. b. the fragrant heartwood of any of these trees, used for …
dilleniid dicot family — noun family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae, ↑caper family, ↑Cruciferae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Red sandalwood — The Red sandalwood or red sanders, Pterocarpus santalinus , is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae, which yields valuable timber.The timber of this species is found in classic Chinese furniture. It is used in the construction of the erhu , a … Wikipedia
bastard sandalwood — noun 1. : false sandalwood 2. : any of several trees of the family Myoporaceae: as a. (1) : either of two small shrubby Australian trees (Myoporum platycarpum and M. tenuifolium) with pleasantly scented wood … Useful english dictionary
