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Definitions for Sandalwood
[1] the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
[2] any of these trees, especially S. album (white sandalwood) , an evergreen of India, having ovate leaves and yellowish flowers that turn red.
[3] any of various related or similar trees or their woods, especially an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood) , of the legume family, or its heavy dark-red wood that yields a dye.
[4] 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
[5] the wood of any of these trees, which is used for carving, is burned as incense, and yields an aromatic oil used in perfumery
[6] 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
Words nearby Sandalwood
sand., sandage, sandakan, sandal, sandalfoot, sandalwood, sandarac, sandbag, sandbank, sandbar, sandblast
Origin of Sandalwood
First recorded in 1505–15; sandal2 + wood1
Word origin for Sandalwood
C14 sandal, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek sandanon, from Sanskrit candana sandalwood