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sandalwood

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsænd^əlwʊd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsændəlˌwʊd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(san′dl wŏŏd′)

san•dal•wood /ˈsændəlˌwʊd/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Plant Biologythe sweet-smelling reddish yellow wood of an Indian tree, used for incense and ornamental carving.

san•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.

sandal² + wood¹ 1505–15

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sandalwood /ˈsænd^əlˌwʊd/, sandal, sanderswood 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

'sandalwood' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

chypre - Sandalwood Island - Sumba - algum - almug - red sandalwood - white sandalwood - sandal - santal

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