NOUN | plant | sandalwood | close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood |
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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 / cabinetwork. | |
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Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Substance of | sandalwood tree, true sandalwood, Santalum album | Parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests |
Spanish | madera de sándalo, sándalo | |
Catalan | fusta de sàndal |
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