RUBY WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ruby wood mean? 

• RUBY WOOD (noun)
  The noun RUBY WOOD has 1 sense:

1. hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork

  Familiarity information: RUBY WOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBY WOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

red sandalwood; ruby wood

Hypernyms ("ruby wood" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("ruby wood" is a substance of...):

Pterocarpus santalinus; red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; red saunders (tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood)