Santalum

See also: santalum

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Late Ancient Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek σάνταλον (sántalon, “sandalwood”), possibly from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood, incense wood”).

Proper noun

Santalum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Santalaceae – sandalwoods and related trees and shrubs, probably native to Australasia, but introduced long ago in India and throughout Oceania.

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