sandalwood (redirected from white 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 [ˈsænd^əlˌwʊd], sandal

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several evergreen hemiparasitic trees of the genus Santalum, esp S. album (white sandalwood), of S Asia and Australia, having hard light-coloured heartwood: family Santalaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees, which is used for carving, is burned as incense, and yields an aromatic oil used in perfumery

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar trees or their wood, esp Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood), a leguminous tree of SE Asia having dark red wood used as a dye

[C14 sandal, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek sandanon, from Sanskrit candana sandalwood]

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 [ˈsændlwʊd] N → sándalo m

sandalwood [ˈsænd^əlwʊd]

n

(= wood) → bois m de santal

(= tree) → santal m

(= oil) → huile f de santal

sandalwood

n → Sandelholz nt

attr → Sandelholz-; sandalwood oil → Sandelholzöl nt

sandalwood [ˈsændlˌwʊd]

1. n (wood) → legno di sandalo; (oil) → olio di sandalo

2. adj (soap, perfume) → al sandalo