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red sandalwood

DEFINITIONS OF: red sandalwood

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n tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood

Synonyms:
Pterocarpus santalinus, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental

Synonyms:
Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork

Synonyms:
ruby wood
Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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