sandalwood
See also: Sandalwood
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sandal + wood, the first component being from Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /čandal/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sandalwood (countable and uncountable, plural sandalwoods)
- Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
- 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.
- 1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] [1], To cure the Palpitation of the Heart, page 70:
- You ſhall put in a little bag the Powder of Sandalwood with the aforeſaid well-ſcenting Spices, and heart-ſtrengthening Powders, and lay it warm upon the left breaſt.
- 1847, R. G. A. Levinge, Echoes from the Backwoods; Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life[2], second edition, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, Appendix § Notes on the Trees of New Brunswick, page 288:
- The branches of the white cedar will keep off moths when placed amongst clothes or furs. Boxes of red cedar (cedar of Lebanon) will do the same, as also sandalwood.
- 1873, Edward Balfour, editor, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures[3], volume 5, page 133:
- Sandalwood is a favorite cosmetic with Burmese ladies.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum
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the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum
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