SANDALWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sandalwood mean? 

• SANDALWOOD (noun)
  The noun SANDALWOOD has 1 sense:

1. close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork

  Familiarity information: SANDALWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANDALWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sandalwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("sandalwood" is a substance of...):

sandalwood tree; Santalum album; true sandalwood (parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests)