RUBY WOOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

red sandalwood; ruby wood

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Nouns denoting plants

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)