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Noun: Pterocarpus santalinus
  1. Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
    - red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus

Encyclopedia: Pterocarpus santalinus