Sān'ders, n.

n. [See SANDAL.] The wood of a lofty evergreen tree, of the genus Pterocarpus (P. santalinus), found in the East Indies. It is of a deep red color, very hard and fine-grained, and takes a fine polish; red sandal-wood;—called also red-sanders. [Written also saunders.] See SANDAL-WOOD.