sandalwood
檀香木,檀香,檀香树,檀香型
Definitions
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- : the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- : any of these trees, especially S. album, an evergreen of India, having ovate leaves and yellowish flowers that turn red.
- : any of various related or similar trees or their woods, especially an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus, of the legume family, or its heavy dark-red wood that yields a dye.
Examples
The labels tout sandalwood and tobacco, but I just smell my high school locker room and the desperate attempt to cover up teenage body odor.
Banquet tables were bedecked with orchids, candles, and sandalwood fans to prevent sweating in eveningwear.
A heavy vapor ascended into his nostrils, a vapor warm with the perfume of burning sandalwood and aromatic unguents and spices.
In a square box, smelling of sandalwood, was an exquisite kimono of palest pink crêpe, embroidered with wisteria blossoms.
Cynthia thought she liked it better than sandalwood and the pungent Oriental perfumes.
He sent the amber to her in a sandalwood box cunningly carved and inlaid with ivory and ebony and silver.
The strange perfume was that of sandalwood oil, and he instantly realised what the circumstance meant.