Definition of sandalwood Sandalwood

san•dal•wood

We found 10 definitions of sandalwood from 6 different sources.

What does sandalwood mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: sandalwoods

sandalwood - close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork

wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"

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Wiktionary

sandalwood (Noun)
Any of various tropical trees of the genus , native to India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
sandalwood (Noun)
The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect- repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

sandalwood (n.)
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
sandalwood (n.)
Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
sandalwood (n.)
The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

sandalwood
san′dal-wōōd, n. a compact and fine-grained tropical wood, remarkable for its fragrance. [Fr. sandal—Low L. santalum—Late Gr. santalon.]

Wikipedia

Sandalwood is a nice-smelling wood and also the oil made from it. It is used for perfume and medicine. They are found in India, Australia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands. Its genus is "Santalum". In Indonesia and Malaysia, its local name is "Cendana".
cinema
Sandalwood encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka. Most of the movies are made in the Kannada language, with a handful of them in Konkani or Tulu. Kannada films form an important component of the Cinema of India.