Săn'dal-wood, n.

n. [Ar. sandal, sanâdil, jandal, from Skr. tshandana, Malay. & Jav. tshendana, N. Lat. santalum. Cf. SANDERS.] (Bot.) (a.) The wood of the Santalum album, a low tree, having a general resemblance to the privet or prim. When the sandal-tree becomes old, the harder central wood acquires a yellow color and great fragrance, and is highly esteemed and much sought for. (b.) The wood of Santalum Freycinetianum and S. paniculatum, trees growing in the Sandwich Islands. (c.) The red wood of a tree of the genus Rhamnus (R. dahuricus), used in dyeing leather;—so called by the Russians. Simmonds. Red sandal-wood, the wood of a tree of the genus Pterocarpus; sanders. See SANDERS.