sandalwood

san·dal·wood  (sndl-wd)

n.

1. Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Santalum, especially S. album, having aromatic yellowish heartwood used in cabinetmaking and wood carving and yielding an oil used in perfumery.

2. Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genera Adenanthera, Myroporum, and Pterocarpus.

3. The wood of any of these trees.

4. A light to moderate or grayish brown.

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sandalwood

Noun

1. the hard light-coloured wood of a S Asian or Australian tree, which is used for carving and for incense, and which yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes

2. a tree yielding this wood [Sanskrit candana]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sandalwood - close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork sandalwood tree, Santalum album, true sandalwood - parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

Translations

sandalwood [ˈsændlwud] n → sándalo