red_sandalwood | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood | |
Synonyms: | red_sanderswood red_saunders Pterocarpus_santalinus red_sanders | |
Related terms: | tree Pterocarpus ruby_wood | |
2. | [ noun ] hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork | |
Synonyms: | ruby_wood | |
Related terms: | wood | |
3. | [ noun ] (botany) East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental | |
Synonyms: | Barbados_pride peacock_flower_fence Adenanthera_pavonina coral-wood coralwood | |
Related terms: | tree Adenanthera | |
Similar spelling: |
red_sanderswood red_sanders red_saunders |