red sandalwood

n 1: hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus

santalinus); prized for cabinetwork [syn: {ruby wood}]

2: tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant

timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used

as a dyewood [syn: {red sanders}, {red sanderswood}, {red

saunders}, {Pterocarpus santalinus}]

3: East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers;

cultivated as an ornamental [syn: {coralwood}, {Barbados

pride}, {peacock flower fence}, {Adenanthera pavonina}]