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Santalum

noun

parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia

• Syn: ↑genus Santalum

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Santalaceae, ↑family Santalaceae, ↑sandalwood family

• Member Meronyms: ↑sandalwood tree, ↑true sandalwood, ↑Santalum album

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\\ˈsant^ələm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin sandalum, santalum sandalwood

: a small genus (the type of the family Santalaceae) of Indo-Malayan parasitic trees having coriaceous leaves and small perfect flowers in terminal panicles — see sandalwood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.