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sandalwood
n.
any tree from the genus Santalum (native to Asia); fragrant wood of a tree from the genus Santalum
Sandalwood
Sandalwood is the name of a class of
woods from trees in the
genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods, they retain their fragrance for decades.
Sandalwood oil is extracted from the woods for use. Both the wood and the oil produce a distinctive fragrance that has been highly valued for centuries. Consequently, species of this slow-growing trees have suffered over-harvesting in the past century.
sandalwood
Noun
1. close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect-repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
(hypernym) wood
(substance-holonym) sandalwood tree, true sandalwood, Santalum album
sandalwood
n.
santalové dřevo
Sandalwood
(n.)
The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
(n.)
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
(n.)
Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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