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TRUE SANDALWOOD

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Meaning:

Parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests

Synonyms:

sandalwood tree; Santalum album; true sandalwood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("true sandalwood" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "true sandalwood"):

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

Holonyms ("true sandalwood" is a member of...):

genus Santalum; Santalum (parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia)

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