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san⋅dal⋅wood

  [san-dl-wood]
–noun
1. the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
2. any of these trees, esp. S. album (white sandalwood), an evergreen of India, having ovate leaves and yellowish flowers that turn red.
3. any of various related or similar trees or their woods, esp. an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood), of the legume family, or its heavy dark-red wood that yields a dye.
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1505–15; sandal 2 + wood 1
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Sandalwood --genuine.
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san·dal·wood   (sān'dl-wŏŏd')   
n.  

  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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sandalwood 
c.1511, earlier sandell (c.1400), saundres (1329), from O.Fr. sandale, from M.L. sandalum, from Late Gk. santalon, via Turkish or Persian sandal, ult. from Skt. candana-m "the sandalwood tree," probably lit. "wood for burning incense," related to candrah "shining, glowing," and cognate with L. candere "to shine, glow" (see candle).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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