Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sandalwood
Sandalwood
sandalwood
n. 1 the scented wood of a sandal-tree. 2 a perfume derived from this. Phrases and idioms red sandalwood the red wood from either of two SE Asian trees, Adenanthera pavonina and Pterocarpus santalinus, used as timber and to produce a red dye. sandalwood oil a yellow aromatic oil made from the sandal-tree.
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noun Etymology: sandal ~ (from Middle English, from Anglo-French sandali, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Greek santalon, ultimately from Sanskrit candana, of Dravidian origin; akin to Tamil cāntu ~ tree) + 2wood Date: circa 1511 the compact close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of a parasitic tree (Santalum album of the family Santalaceae, the ~ family) of southern Asia much used in ornamental carving and cabinetwork, any of various trees other than the ~ some of which yield dyewoods ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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