sandalwood

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
2. (countable, uncountable) The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.

Concetti

sandalo

legno di sandalo

Hawaii

Santalum

sandolo

sinonimi

sandal

👡

sandalwood tree

hardwood

water gate

ebony tree

Mysore

Pearl Harbor

printing plate

red sandalwood

santal

Santalum

white sandalwood

ruby wood

true sandalwood

tree type

santalumalbum

continental United States

Hawaii

rubbed

Traduzioni

sândalo

sándalo

santal

Sandelholz

σανταλόξυλο

sandelhout

صندل

Santalum album

fusta de sàndal

Χαβάη

Santalum

κοκκινόξυλο

Hawai

Hawaii

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsandəlwʊd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From sandal + wood, the first component being from Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).