HyperDic: red_sandalwood

English > 3 senses of the expression red sandalwood:
NOUNplantred sandalwood, ruby woodhard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus)
plantred 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
plantred sandalwood, coralwood, coral-wood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavoninaEast Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers
English > red sandalwood: 3 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningHard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork.
Synonymruby wood
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
English > red sandalwood: 3 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningTree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork / cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood.
Synonymsred sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders, Pterocarpus santalinus
Member ofPterocarpus, genus Pterocarpusgenus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
Substancesruby wood, red sandalwoodHard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus)
English > red sandalwood: 3 senses > noun 3, plant
MeaningEast Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.
Synonymscoralwood, coral-wood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina
Member ofAdenanthera, genus Adenantherasmall genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown

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