sandalwood
Kelime Anlamı :

1. sandal ağacı.
2. sandal.
3. sandalağacı.
4. sandalağacının odunu/kerestesi.
5. (Botanik) sandalağacı, sandal.
6. (isim) sandal ağacı.
Tanımlar :
1. any of several tropical asian trees of the genus Santalum, especially S. album, having aromatic yellowish heartwood used in cabinetmaking and wood carving and yielding an oil used in perfumery.
2. any of several tropical asian trees of the genera Adenanthera, Myroporum, and Pterocarpus.
3. the wood of any of these trees.
4. A light to moderate or grayish brown.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. 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 S. pyrularium, the australian S. latifolium, etc. the name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
2. any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
3. the red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the fragrant wood of the heart and roots of a tree of several species belonging to the genus Santalum; also, the tree itself.
2. another east indian tree, Adenanthera pavonina, with red wood, used as a dyestuff and otherwise. see Adenanthera.
3. in australia, a small tree, Mida persicaria.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
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