red sandalwood

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1. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	adenanthera, genus adenanthera,
definition	:	small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas (noun.plant)

2. tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus pterocarpus, pterocarpus,
definition	:	genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	red sandalwood, ruby wood,
definition	:	hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork (noun.plant)

3. hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	wood,
definition	:	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	pterocarpus santalinus, red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders,
definition	:	tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood (noun.plant)