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SANDALWOOD TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sandalwood tree mean? 

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

1. parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chestsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SANDALWOOD TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sandalwood tree; Santalum album; true sandalwood

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "sandalwood tree"):

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

Holonyms ("sandalwood tree" is a member of...):

genus Santalum; Santalum (parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia)


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