HyperDic: ruby_wood

English > 1 sense of the expression ruby wood:
NOUNplantruby wood, red sandalwoodhard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus)
English > ruby wood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork.
Synonymred sandalwood
BroaderwoodThe hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Substance ofred sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinusTree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood

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