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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024san•dal•wood /ˈsændəlˌwʊd/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Plant Biologythe sweet-smelling reddish yellow wood of an Indian tree, used for incense and ornamental carving.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024san•dal•wood (san′dl wŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- Plant Biologyany of these trees, esp. S. album (white sandalwood), an evergreen of India, having ovate leaves and yellowish flowers that turn red.
- Plant Biologyany of various related or similar trees or their woods, esp. an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood,) of the legume family, or its heavy dark-red wood that yields a dye.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sandalwood /ˈsændəlˌwʊd/, sandal n - 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
- the wood of any of these trees, which is used for carving, is burned as incense, and yields an aromatic oil used in perfumery
- 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
Etymology: 14th Century sandal, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek sandanon, from Sanskrit candana sandalwood |