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sandalwood n. 檀香[白檀] 檀香[白檀] sandalwood n 1: close- grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetworkSandalwood \ San" dal* wood\, n. [ F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. [, c] andal, or Gr. sa` ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr. candana. Cf. { Sanders}.] ( Bot.) ( a) 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 { Santalum pyrularium}, the Australian { Santalum latifolium}, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood. ( b) Any tree of the genus { Santalum}, or a tree which yields sandalwood. ( c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather ({ Rhamnus Dahuricus}). [ 1913 Webster] { False sandalwood}, the fragrant wood of several trees not of the genus { Santalum}, as { Ximenia Americana}, { Myoporum tenuifolium} of Tahiti. { Red sandalwood}, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({ Pterocarpus santalinus}, and { Adenanthera pavonina}); -- called also { red sanderswood}, { sanders} or { saunders}, and { rubywood}. [ 1913 Webster] Sandarach
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