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sandalwood

(-wo̵od′)

noun

1. the hard, light-colored, closegrained, sweet-smelling heartwood of any of several allied trees of Asia, used for carving and cabinetmaking or burned as incense; esp., the wood of a S Asian evergreen tree (Santalum album) of the sandalwood family
2. any tree yielding such wood
1. any of a number of similar or related trees
2. the wood of any of these

Origin: sandal, sandalwood < ME sandell < MFr sandal < ML sandalum < LGr santalon < Ar ṣandal, ult. < Sans candana < IE base *kand-, to gleam, bright > L candere, to shine

adjective

designating a family (Santalaceae, order Santalales) of dicotyledonous plants, shrubs, and trees including the quandong

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noun

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.
Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genera Adenanthera, Myroporum, and Pterocarpus.
The wood of any of these trees.
A light to moderate or grayish brown.

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