Noun | 1. | red sanderswood - tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus - genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods red sandalwood, ruby wood - hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |