East Indian sandalwood oil
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sandalwood oil — noun 1. : an essential oil obtained from sandalwood: as a. : a pale yellow somewhat viscous aromatic liquid obtained from the sandalwood (Santalum album) usually from Mysore, India, and used chiefly in perfumes and soaps and especially formerly… … Useful english 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
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santalene — ˈsantəˌlēn noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary santal (from New Latin Santalum) + ene : either of two liquid unsaturated hydrocarbons C15H24 occurring in East Indian sandalwood oil … Useful english dictionary
santene — ˈsan.ˌtēn noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary sant (from New Latin Santalum) + ene : a liquid unsaturated terpene C9H14 derived from norbornane and found especially in East Indian sandalwood oil and various pine needle oils … Useful english dictionary
santenone — ˈsantəˌnōn noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary santene + one : a crystalline bicyclic ketone C9H14O that is the lower homolog of camphor and occurs in East Indian sandalwood oil … Useful english dictionary
Santalum album — Taxobox name = Santalum album status = VU status system = iucn2.3 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Asian Regional Workshop|year=1998|id=31852|title=Santalum album|downloaded=2007 02 08] image caption = Sandalwood by Köhler Santalum album regnum =… … Wikipedia
