red sandalwood Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
   ruby wood.
   
2. noun tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
   red saunders; red sanders; red sanderswood; Pterocarpus santalinus.
   
3. noun East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
   coralwood; Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; coral-wood; peacock flower fence.
   

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