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    RED SANDERSWOOD

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewoodplay

    Synonyms:

    Pterocarpus santalinus; red sandalwood; red sanders; red sanderswood; red saunders

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("red sanderswood" 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 "red sanderswood"):

    red sandalwood; ruby wood (hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork)

    Holonyms ("red sanderswood" is a member of...):

    genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)

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