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PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
Synonyms:
Pterocarpus santalinus; red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; red saunders
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pterocarpus santalinus" 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 "Pterocarpus santalinus"):
red sandalwood; ruby wood (hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork)
Holonyms ("Pterocarpus santalinus" is a member of...):
genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)