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SANDALWOOD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sandalwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("sandalwood" is a substance of...):
sandalwood tree; Santalum album; true sandalwood (parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests)
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