red sandalwood

1. (noun) 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
Related Words: tree

2. (noun) East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
Synonyms: Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coralwood, peacock flower fence
Related Words: tree

3. (noun) hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
Synonyms: ruby wood
Related Words: wood



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